Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising cattle on your own place

Redworm farming

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

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

Caring for your chickens in winter

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food and recipes

Egg thingies

Basic chicken broth

Apple barbeque sauce

Linguini with Clam Sauce

Self-reliance

Medicinal uses of garlic

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

New yarn from old sweaters

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar hot water systems

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

The light at the end of the gun

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...