Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

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

Brooder in a box

Good-bye old friend

Building

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Build a wood crib with free materials

Shelves and benches

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Farm and Garden

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Constitution of the united States of America

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts

Wonderful wilderness wines

How to can chopped garlic

Country-style Pork Stew

Self-reliance

Harvest your own firewood

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Homestead helpers

Energy

Solar Building Design

Solar power for farm and ranch

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Affordable firearms

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Air power superiority

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...