Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Home Dairying

Beekeeping basics

Build a poultry killing cone

Brooder in a box

Building

Build a pizza oven

By Mike Lorenzen Issue #143 • September/October, 2013 About a year ago, my wife and I traveled around Italy by car. We had lots of wood-fired...

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Building and stocking your pantry

Shelves and benches

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

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

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Barmbrack

Dill-onion bread

Nana V’s fire sauce

Whole grain breads baked at home

Self-reliance

The fire wick fire starter

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Making a great rug from the rag bag

13 steps to a life of freedom

Energy

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Water pumping windmills

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...