Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Is that a good pig?

Where our farm animals come from

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

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,...

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

Build a Groundhog Snare

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Build your own portable forge

Farm and Garden

Gardening for Treasure

By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Fly it proudly and properly

The barnyard scramble

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Hummus

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Venison — From the Field to the Fork

Self-reliance

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Fully Involved

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

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....