Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Fermenting Chicken Feed

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Install rafters alone the easy way

By Robert L. Williams Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 Anyone who has ever worked on roof framing knows that nailing up rafters is a two-man job...

New invention— The Fencerunner

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build a graceful footbridge

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Grow some winter squash this year

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

The vanishing outhouse

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Coconut Rice Pudding

Baked Cod with Summer Squash

You can become a hardcore forager

Self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Energy

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Battery powered weekend retreat

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

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

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Affordable firearms

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

The Appleseed Project

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...