Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Is that a good pig?

Brooder in a box

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising Rabbits

Building

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

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Claw Hammers

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Meat For the Homestead

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...

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

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Lamb Curry with Yogurt

Nanny B’s benne bake

7 Mistakes of food storage

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Self-reliance

Choosing a chain saw

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Energy class: Part 3

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

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...

Just because

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...