Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Is that a good pig?

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Build a homestead Copy Cart

A simple backwoods hay baler

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Farm and Garden

Naughty Peppers

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 If you are prudish, narrow-minded or puritanical, read no further as this article...

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

Home-Grown Eggs

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Americana and History

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The summer of ’35

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

Food and recipes

Aunt Ona’s Mandarin orange cake

Never too busy to make bread

Veal Goulash

Making delicious, unthinkable wines

Self-reliance

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Call me plumber

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Build your own battery charging station

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Choose your ammo… police style

Of guns and snakes

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...