Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Goat birthing and raising kids

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 When I bought 10 dry barren "affordable" acres back in 1981 I got what I paid for: No...

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Woodbarrow

Build a Groundhog Snare

Building and stocking your pantry

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

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

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Naughty Peppers

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

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

The time-travel ad

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Food and recipes

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Venison Stew

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Beans for Sarah

Self-reliance

How to make money from storage building auctions

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Energy

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

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...

Tailoring guns to females

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Just because

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...