Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

How to Install a Steel Roof

Installing a steel roof

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Farm and Garden

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

The $1 Garden

Blueberry Cash Crop

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Catfish Biscuits

Fly it proudly and properly

The barnyard scramble

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Your honey will love your sweet buns

Scallop Crunch Appetizer

Fiery Frittata

Making sausage

Self-reliance

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

How to maintain your chimney

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Build your own battery charging station

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar-powered chicken coop

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Canning game meat

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...