Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising your own beef

Raising Rabbits

Is that a good pig?

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Install rafters alone the easy way

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

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Build Your Own Car Wash

Farm and Garden

Blueberry Cash Crop

By Ed Mashburn Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 My almost two-year-old grandson loves blueberries. Put a bowl of those round blue jewels in front of him,...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Growing Strawberries

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Fly it proudly and properly

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Food and recipes

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Self-reliance

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

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

Homestead helpers

Turn your passion into a business

Energy

Prepper power! Part 1

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Guns and Hunting

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

The Appleseed Project

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Canning game meat

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...