Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Bottle-raise a calf

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

A house a tornado helped build

Install rafters alone the easy way

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Okra — Not Just for the South

Build a Keyhole Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

The greatest American who was never President

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Filipino Chicken Stew

Braised venison pepper steak

Old-fashioned hot chocolate

Comfort foods of Ireland – hearty recipes from Grandma’s old file box

Self-reliance

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Preparing for civil unrest

Storm survivors

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Power your bug-out bag

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

The Appleseed Project

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Of guns and snakes

Science

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

The many benefits of garlic

Politics and Commentary

Introducing the international tax cartel

10 traits for better living

Our energy crisis Part 1 — It’s our creation, but we can fix it

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?