Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Build a poultry killing cone

Redworm farming

The homestead cat

Building

How safe is your electric fence?

By Eloise Twining I’ve used solar powered electric fencing on my California ranch for at least 35 years. Over that time electric fencing has proved...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Farm and Garden

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

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Growing Strawberries

Meat For the Homestead

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Fly it proudly and properly

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Food and recipes

Black Bean and Avocado Dip

Making sausage

Pickled chili peppers

Cornmeal sour cream biscuits

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Energy

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

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Energy class: Part 1

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...