Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Goat birthing and raising kids

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

By Steve Maxwell How many times have you built an outdoor project out of wood, only to be disappointed by the deterioration that hit after...

Build a wood crib with free materials

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Build a ski sled

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Okra — Not Just for the South

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

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

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

Food and recipes

Boiled crawfish

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

Jamaican Beef Patties

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

Self-reliance

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

A young couple moves to the country

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

How to make money from storage building auctions

Energy

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Portable solar power

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

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Picking a holster

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...