Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Animal disease traceability

Beekeeping basics

Goat birthing and raising kids

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

Build a Trail

By Claire Wolfe Standing near the top of the trail, looking down. The bright sunny spot in the middle distance will...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Never underestimate a woman

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Growing Productive Strawberries

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The summer of ’35

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Basic chicken broth

Baklava

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Chicken Enchiladas

Self-reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Fully Involved

Drive your own freshwater well

Energy

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Solar suitcase

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

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...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Reload your own brass

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

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...