Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Redworm farming

Build a poultry killing cone

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Is that a good pig?

Building

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

By James Ballou Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 A certain degree of self reliance is obtainable by those who have the knowledge and skills, resourcefulness, courage,...

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Never underestimate a woman

Woodbarrow

Farm and Garden

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...

Saving Seeds

Growing Productive Strawberries

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

The greatest American who was never President

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Hot Artichoke Dip

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Old-fashioned baked beans

Quince preserves

Self-reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

The joys of making soap

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Energy

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Keep the Ice On

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Big boomer guns

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

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...