Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising rabbits for profit

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

By Suzy Lowry Geno Website Exclusive • April, 2007 I have what seems like mountains of great "fertilizer" from my barn full of English Angora rabbits....

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Solar Building Design

Farm and Garden

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s...

The Home Citrus Orchard

Propagating Grapes

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

How to Grow Garlic

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The greatest American who was never President

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Black Bean and Avocado Dip

Wild edibles in delectable dishes

Turning to turmeric

Zucchini with green chilies

Self-reliance

Circle of friends

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

Wash day

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Energy

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Prepper power! Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Sight and sound enhancement

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Women and guns

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...