Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Good-bye old friend

Animal disease traceability

Building

Install rafters alone the easy way

By Robert L. Williams Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 Anyone who has ever worked on roof framing knows that nailing up rafters is a two-man job...

How to maintain a dirt road

Build a compost tumbler

Build a poultry killing cone

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

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...

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Build a Heated Germination Bed

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Fruit Trees

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

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

The greatest American who was never President

Remembering what grandma used

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

Food and recipes

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-reliance

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Life-saving snowshoes

How we found our remote backwoods home

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Making and using a solar cooker

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Catch your own bait

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...