Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

The homestead cat

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

By James F. Deaton Website Exclusive • January, 2006 The need to get firewood from a draw below my house to my woodshed started me on...

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

Build a poultry killing cone

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Farm and Garden

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

Gardening Tips and Tricks

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Build a Heated Germination Bed

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Food and recipes

Nana V’s holiday corn bread

Hawaiian poha jam

Pecan twerps

Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

Building and stocking your pantry

Wash day

Energy

Millenium Vehicles

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Solar hot water systems

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...