Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Goat birthing and raising kids

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build a graceful footbridge

Build a chicken tractor

Farm and Garden

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until...

Home-Grown Eggs

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Love Those Green Beans

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...

Remembering what grandma used

The vanishing outhouse

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Corn cob jelly

Demystifying real rye bread

Dark moons

Gather rose hips for health

Self-reliance

Pump water for free

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Turn your passion into a business

Clean up your act!

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

Keep the Ice On

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

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....

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Air power superiority

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Politics and Commentary

The land of the unfree

Beautiful Women

Lessons for My Children, Chapter 2: Statistics, history, and the rise of the Underground Economy

Should we scrap our ‘old’ Constitution?