Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Beekeeping basics

Raising Rabbits

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Build a barrel stove

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Build a stone wall

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Pruning Blueberries

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Grow Your Own Dishrags

The Potato Hole

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Turning to turmeric

Ham & Kidney Bean Soup

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

Self-reliance

Power your bug-out bag

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Cold process goat milk soap

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Energy

Solar Building Design

Build a community assistance recharging station

Waterpower for personal use

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

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...