Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Home Dairying

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Make adobe bricks

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build a graceful footbridge

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Fruit Trees

The Best City Garden

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Raspberry chocolate torte

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Pickled chili peppers

Dilled oyster crackers

Self-reliance

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Dehydrating eggs at home

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Energy

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

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Prepper power! Part 2

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Cold weather shooting considerations

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...