Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Solar Building Design

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Pruning Blueberries

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

The greatest American who was never President

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

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Cauliflower-Ham Chowder

Ribeye Steak with Chianti Sauce

Huckleberries purple gold

Cultured milk — Food of centenarians

Self-reliance

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Water pumping windmills

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Reload your own brass

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Of guns and snakes

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Theories of the universe

Politics and Commentary

Consider the trades when it comes to your future ability to make money

The media’s treatment of blacks makes their socialist bias obvious

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’

The state of freedom in America