Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Home Dairying

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Bottle-raise a calf

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Making and using a solar cooker

By Joe Radabaugh Issue #30 • November/December, 2004 Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods. The solar cookers available today really work and...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Choosing a chain saw

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Build a lean-to greenhouse

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...

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Companion Planting

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

The vanishing outhouse

Catfish Biscuits

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Hawaiian poha jam

Modify your oven to bake great bread

Asparagus au gratin

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Self-reliance

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Better wood heating

How to maintain your chimney

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Is steam power in your future?

Energy class: Part 3

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Moderate power firearms

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...