Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Once a day milking

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Brooder in a box

Building

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #50 Mar/Apr 1998 BHM readers are familiar with Dorothy Ainsworth, the log home-building Ashland, Oregon, waitress who spent more than six years...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

This coop is for the birds

Getting logs

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Farm and Garden

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out....

Growing and Using Peppers

Gardening the Year ‘Round

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Build Your Own Hoop House

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...

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

Grandpa’s justice

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Dandelion recipes

Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat

Baked Beans, Two

Indian Fry Bread

Self-reliance

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Homestead security for women

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Energy

Solar Building Design

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Grid-down battery devices

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...