Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

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...

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Building and stocking your pantry

A cabin for one

Gabion walls for form and function

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

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

Meat For the Homestead

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

The summer of ’35

The greatest American who was never President

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Raspberry chocolate torte

Coffee Kringle

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Self-reliance

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Homeschooling through high school

Shopping to beat inflation

How to make money from storage building auctions

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Power your bug-out bag

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...