Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a portable woodstove for $30

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Banana, blueberry, and peach scones

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

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

Air power superiority

When a well-placed shot is required, when stealth and quiet are called for, an air rifle may be the best option. By Gary Lewis Issue #151 • January/February,...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Want proof of luck, ESP, and psychic powers?

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Paring down for off-grid living

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until dusk? Do you really need to raise enough vegetables to...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...