Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Redworm farming

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Build a chicken tractor

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Build your own log home in the woods

Farm and Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Victory Gardens

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Remembering what grandma used

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Kentucky Country Ribs

Garlic – the glorious bulb

Demystifying real rye bread

Sweet potato pudding

Self-reliance

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Learning to love the high desert

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Solar Food Drying

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Air power superiority

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...