Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Good-bye old friend

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Woodbarrow

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Farm and Garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Propagating Grapes

Growing and Using Peppers

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

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

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

Remembering what grandma used

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Ten Marinades For Summer

The incredible cattail — The super Wal-Mart of the swamp

Crabapple jelly

Self-reliance

Clean up your act!

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

13 steps to a life of freedom

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Energy

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Water pumping windmills

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Canning game meat

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

The Appleseed Project

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...