Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

The homestead cat

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising Rabbits

Building

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some...

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

Install rafters alone the easy way

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Farm and Garden

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Constitution of the united States of America

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Food and recipes

Fermented dill pickles

Never too busy to make bread

Zucchini casserole

Beef & Wild Mushroom Lasagna

Self-reliance

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Energy

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Solar power trailer Part 1

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

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...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

How big a gun do you need?

Just because

Reload your own brass

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...