Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising rabbits for profit

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Redworm farming

Building

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

New invention— The Fencerunner

Build a barrel stove

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Baked Spaghetti

Shiitake mushrooms

Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice

Baked chili relleno casserole

Self-reliance

Better wood heating

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Solar power trailer Part 1

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Building the coyote rifle

Just because

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...