Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising Rabbits

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Slaughtering and Butchering

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • May, 2010 Grandma Clara used to delight in telling us the story of our Dad's first complete sentence at age...

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Never underestimate a woman

Gabion walls for form and function

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Fruit Trees

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

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Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document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...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The time-travel ad

Grandpa’s justice

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Mint julep non-alcoholic

Cherries and Chocolate Cake

Old-fashioned baked beans

The wonderful world of lavender

Self-reliance

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

This country job really rocks

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Caring for wounds in the field

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Emergency solar power for $950

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

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...