Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Build a log crib

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Farm and Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

The Best City Garden

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Grandpa’s justice

Fly it proudly and properly

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

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

Food and recipes

Broccoli and Ziti

Vidalia Onion Pie

Food security 101: part 2 — Convenience mixes make life easier

Venison Chili

Self-reliance

Shopping to beat inflation

Food security 101: part 2

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

How we found our remote backwoods home

Energy

Emergency solar power for $950

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

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Keep the Ice On

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Big boomer guns

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...