Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising cattle on your own place

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising your own beef for your family

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...

Stairs — The next level

Build a ski sled

Building your chicken coop

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Farm and Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time...

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Home-Grown Eggs

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Chicken and dumpling stew

Beef and Cabbage Soup

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Pears in Caramel Syrup

Self-reliance

Buying the right emergency radio

Pump water for free

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Energy

Solar Building Design

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

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

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

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...