Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

Building Eric’s house

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #112 • July/August, 2009 This is the first in a series of several articles documenting the building of a stud-frame house from...

Build a ski sled

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

How to Grow Potatoes

Growing Microgreens

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Remembering what grandma used

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Woodstove cooking

Concord Sherbet

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Braised venison pepper steak

Self-reliance

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

How to organize an outdoor canning party

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

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

Energy

Build Your Own Car Wash

Power Up

Waterpower for personal use

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

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...