Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 I should have been a mole — it feels so safe and cool and quiet to be underground....

Build a pallet fence

Making and using a solar cooker

Build a graceful footbridge

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

The Homestead Greenhouse

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Build a Keyhole Garden

Americana and History

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Food and recipes

Apple and Potato Soup

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Bacon-Avocado Potato Salad

Cracklin’s — An irresistible snack that you can’t stop sneakin’

Self-reliance

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Bath herbs

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Energy

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Solar-powered water purifiers

Energy class: Part 1

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

How big a gun do you need?

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...