Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Once a day milking

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

By Steve Maxwell How many times have you built an outdoor project out of wood, only to be disappointed by the deterioration that hit after...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Farm and Garden

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

The time-travel ad

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The barnyard scramble

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Garlic Soup

Blackened Chicken With Guacamole And Black Beans

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

A guide to buying silver and gold

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Energy

Portable solar power

Job site solar power

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

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...

Of guns and snakes

Cold weather shooting considerations

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Use the right ammunition!

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...