Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Brooder in a box

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

Build a barrel stove

By Nick Weston Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 This stove kept me warm and provided an excellent cooking surface for more than six months while I...

Choosing a chain saw

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Install rafters alone the easy way

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

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

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Food and recipes

Blunt family chili

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

Apple Coffee Cake

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

Self-reliance

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Energy

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Solar Building Design

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...