Backwoods Home Magazine is about to become a print magazine again after a one-year hiatus as a digital-only publication. The person who is making this possible is my son, Sam Duffy, who will assume the role of publisher, a job I have had since founding BHM 29 years ago.… Read the rest
By Krista Lawson
Pull into the driveway of any rural farm or homestead and you are bound to be greeted by a dog or two. Dogs become an integral part of many homesteads as livestock and property guardians or hunting dogs.… Read the rest
By Tom Kovach
Residents of the Great Plains, it is said, had an imagination as fertile as their soil. In trying to get settlers to the Midwest in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a newspaper ad read: “Tickle the land with a hoe and watch your crops laugh all the way through the harvest!”
Would that it would be that easy.… Read the rest
By Charles Sanders
Emergencies happen. Whether you are camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, or just traveling, there may come the time when you are thrust into a real survival situation.… Read the rest
By Rick Brannan
Like most urban homesteaders, I live on a small parcel of earth. Living small means utilizing every square foot of ground to produce food for the table.… Read the rest
By Rev. J. D. Hooker
All three of my grandkids went to see their first ball game and wound up so hoarse from screaming and shouting, they could barely speak at all the next morning.… Read the rest
By Ansel Oommen
Looking for a multipurpose herb to add to your garden? Amaranth has much to offer in terms of edible and ornamental versatility. Amaranth, also known as pigweed, is a genus of herbaceous annuals with a cosmopolitan distribution.… Read the rest
By Steven Gregersen
When I was 16, I landed my first “real” job at a service station. Back then, gasoline was 25 cents a gallon and the attendant filled your tank and cleaned your windows.… Read the rest
Jackie Clay-Atkinson
I’ve had dogs on my various homesteads for more than 50 years now and wouldn’t think of having a dog-free homestead. My dogs have been wonders, having warned me against prowlers and rattlesnakes, run off bears, coyotes, wolves, hawks, and foxes.… Read the rest
