Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Is that a good pig?

Home Dairying

Building

Solar Building Design

By Steven Heckeroth Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Solar building design has been used since ancient times. In the more recent past, it has been more...

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Remembering what grandma used

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Lamb and Apricot Pilaff

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Indian Pudding

Galumbki

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Of guns and snakes

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...