Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Slaughtering and Butchering

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Beekeeping basics

Building

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Farm and Garden

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

The Homestead Greenhouse

How to Grow Great Carrots

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Stuffed sweet peppers

Baby bok choy with tofu

Bacon-Avocado Potato Salad

Wild edibles in delectable dishes

Self-reliance

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Buying the right emergency radio

Power your bug-out bag

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Energy class: Part 1

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Big boomer guns

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Theories of the universe

Politics and Commentary

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

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

A government with not enough to do, but lots of hungry mouths to feed

Libertarian and Conservative