Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Build a barrel stove

By Nick Weston Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 This stove kept me warm and provided an excellent cooking surface for more than six months while I...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Build a Composter

Farm and Garden

Meat For the Homestead

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...

Mid-season planting

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

The greatest American who was never President

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Scallop Crunch Appetizer

Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage

Tortellini Soup

Challah

Self-reliance

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

A young couple moves to the country

Preparedness for travelers

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Dim bulbs in California

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

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...