Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Animal disease traceability

Raising Rabbits

Building

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

By Robert Van Putten Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 For a year and a half, we lived in an 18-foot travel trailer while building a straw...

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

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Farm and Garden

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...

The $1 Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Grandpa’s justice

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

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

Food and recipes

Glazed carrots with peas and onions

Hearty breakfast fillets

Wheat

Canning Steelhead and Tuna

Self-reliance

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Homestead helpers

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Millenium Vehicles

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...