Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Solar Building Design

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Build your own portable forge

Install rafters alone the easy way

Farm and Garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

By Jackie Clay Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 The birds are singing. The sunshine makes the day feel soft and warm. The soil is mellow and...

Blueberry Cash Crop

How to Grow Potatoes

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

The Potato Hole

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...

Catfish Biscuits

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

The barnyard scramble

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Layered Casserole & Pea Salad

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

Brining pickles by the quart or gallon

Hungry enough to eat a horse?

Self-reliance

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Learning to love the high desert

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Dehydrating eggs at home

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Building the coyote rifle

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

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