Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

The homestead cat

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Beekeeping basics

Building

Making and using a solar cooker

By Joe Radabaugh Issue #30 • November/December, 2004 Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods. The solar cookers available today really work and...

The Forever Floor

Woodbarrow

Build a pallet fence

Build Your Own Car Wash

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

The $1 Garden

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Caring for your chickens in winter

Currants and Gooseberries

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

Catfish Biscuits

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Dehydrating eggs at home

Brew your own root beer

Thai fried rice

The chicken and the egg

Self-reliance

Call me plumber

What to do when there’s no doctor

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Energy

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

Affordable firearms

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...