Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Home Dairying

Raising your own beef

Building

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

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Farm and Garden

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

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

Pruning Blueberries

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Americana and History

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Remembering what grandma used

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

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Spicy Beef

Demystifying real rye bread

Banana, blueberry, and peach scones

Homemade healthy soba noodles

Self-reliance

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Energy

Solar power for farm and ranch

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

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Emergency solar power for $950

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Picking a holster

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Catch your own bait

Big boomer guns

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...