Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

The homestead cat

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Build a barrel stove

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

How to Grow Garlic

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Testing Soil

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The vanishing outhouse

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Elk Roast With Cranberries

Venison — From the Field to the Fork

Bean-beef casserole

Indian Fry Bread

Self-reliance

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Turn your passion into a business

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Energy

Making and using a solar cooker

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Energy class: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Sight and sound enhancement

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Affordable firearms

Reload your own brass

Science

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

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

Science and truth. Are they related?

The coming ice age

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Politics and Commentary

Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

Running your own business: a mother’s perspective

Training for the Boston Marathon

My View: Grand Theory vs. Stark Reality