Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Redworm farming

Raising your own beef

Building

Build a homestead Copy Cart

By Charles Sanders Issue #45 • July/August, 1997 I don't know too many homesteaders, gardeners, or small farmers who haven't at one time or another wished...

How to maintain a dirt road

A river rock shower

Never underestimate a woman

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Farm and Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Fermenting Chicken Feed

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

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

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

Food and recipes

Honey whole wheat bread

Apple Coffee Cake

Dandelion recipes

The perfect holiday meal

Self-reliance

The community treasure chest

10 country do’s and don’ts

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Millenium Vehicles

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Affordable firearms

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...