Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

The homestead cat

Is that a good pig?

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build a Composter

Farm and Garden

Love Those Green Beans

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Anyone with some gardening space, a sunny location, and good loamy soil with pH 6.0-7.5 can grow...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

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...

Remembering what grandma used

Fly it proudly and properly

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

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

Food and recipes

Piccalilli — A late summer bonus

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Hearty breakfast fillets

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

Self-reliance

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

City boy, country boy

Pump water for free

Energy

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Build Your Own Car Wash

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Reload your own brass

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Choose your ammo… police style

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...