Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Brooder in a box

Bottle-raise a calf

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Three Raised Bed Designs

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

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Gardening for Treasure

Meat 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...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Layered Casserole & Pea Salad

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Tortellini Soup

Self-reliance

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Medicinal uses of garlic

There’s no such thing as free land!

Caveman walking stick

Energy

Generators alone are not enough

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

Moderate power firearms

Reload your own brass

Tailoring guns to females

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...