Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Beekeeping basics

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Shake update

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Farm and Garden

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

How to Grow Potatoes

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Constitution of the united States of America

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Skillet Spanish rice

Green Shrimp Soup

Salsa

Buckboard bacon

Self-reliance

Swedish log candle

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Cut your grocery bill in half

Space heater safety tips

Energy

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Water pumping windmills

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Reload your own brass

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...