Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Raising Rabbits

Get to know your spiders

Building

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Choosing a chain saw

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

The Best City Garden

Propagating Grapes

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Three Raised Bed Designs

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Kentucky Country Ribs

Dill-onion bread

German green beans

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Self-reliance

Cast iron

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Tips for finding your affordable home

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Energy

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Add solar power to your truck camper

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Cold weather shooting considerations

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...