Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Shake update

By David Lee Website Exclusive • January, 2005 Since my shake article was published in Backwoods Home Magazine, Issue #88, I have learned that some of...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

Grow some winter squash this year

Caring for your chickens in winter

Build a Composter

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The greatest American who was never President

Grandpa’s justice

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

Food and recipes

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Jo’s Kentucky-fried cole slaw

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Self-reliance

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Essential oils

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Portable solar power

Guns and Hunting

Air power superiority

When a well-placed shot is required, when stealth and quiet are called for, an air rifle may be the best option. By Gary Lewis Issue #151 • January/February,...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Building the coyote rifle

Big boomer guns

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...