Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Animal disease traceability

Building

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

By David Lee Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 The reflected image in the mirrored letters give a "see-through" illusion to the sign and the tree. Stained glass...

Build a compost tumbler

Build your own log home in the woods

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Farm and Garden

Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

How to Grow Garlic

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

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

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

Garlic Soup

Cooking with seeds — A surefire way to sow good health into your family’s diet

Easy raspberry jam

Emergency casserole

Self-reliance

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Making maple syrup

Building and stocking your pantry

Tale of a country family

Energy

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Solar Building Design

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Affordable firearms

Canning game meat

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...