Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

How to build a good fence for your homestead

By Charles Sanders Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 One of the basic fixtures on a homestead...

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a ski sled

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Install rafters alone the easy way

Farm and Garden

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day...

Love Those Green Beans

Garden Spaces for Small Places

The Home Citrus Orchard

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The greatest American who was never President

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Chocolate crinkles

Potato soup

Chocolate Babka

Turkey Tetrazzini

Self-reliance

Cleaning a well

Survival/utility vest

Caveman walking stick

Survival storeroom

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Solar-powered chicken coop

Prepper power! Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...