Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

New invention— The Fencerunner

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

Sgt. Jim Duffy — An ordinary hero

How a high school band triumphed over a bureaucracy and union that tried to kill it

Armed citizens: the deterrent factor

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Raising your own beef for your family

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Homeschooling through high school

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden planning notebook. Although winter might feel like a time to...

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Meat is often the most expensive portion of our grocery bill, and it is getting more and more expensive every day. I've seen steaks "on sale" for more...