Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Brooder in a box

Home Dairying

Building

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build a pizza oven

Never underestimate a woman

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

How to become a backyard beekeeper

The Potato Hole

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

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...

Remembering what grandma used

Catfish Biscuits

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

Food and recipes

Hamentaschen

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Hearty breakfast fillets

Self-reliance

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Pump water for free

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

The many benefits of garlic

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

An $89 backup generator

Build Your Own Car Wash

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Catch your own bait

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...