Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Is that a good pig?

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Animal disease traceability

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

By Claire Wolfe Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 December 2012. Welcome to my house as I first saw it. The door opens onto a dirt-floored room. It's...

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

A simple backwoods hay baler

How to Install a Steel Roof

Easy awnings

Farm and Garden

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Build a Composter

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

How to tell a bad egg

Black Bean and Avocado Dip

Here are some tasty ways to use those end-of-season green tomatoes

Sweet Pickles

Self-reliance

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Dehydrating eggs at home

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Energy

Homemade electric power

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Solar-powered chicken coop

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Sight and sound enhancement

Science

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 —...