Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

This coop is for the birds

Building and stocking your pantry

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Propagating Grapes

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not...

Fly it proudly and properly

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Bread pudding

Sunday night dinner

Kugel

Cool dishes for formal summer dining

Self-reliance

The community treasure chest

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Garden injuries Part 2

The many benefits of garlic

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Solar power for farm and ranch

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

Is steam power in your future?

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

The Appleseed Project

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...