Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

The homestead cat

Building

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

A cabin for one

Build your own portable forge

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Farm and Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time...

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

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

The Home Citrus Orchard

Growing Productive Strawberries

Americana and History

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...

The time-travel ad

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Baby bok choy with tofu

Mango Delight

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Solar Food Drying

Self-reliance

Making apple pectin

Garden injuries

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Solar hot water systems

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....

Affordable firearms

Air power superiority

Use the right ammunition!

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...