Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

The homestead cat

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising rabbits for profit

Raising your own beef

Building

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Shake update

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Build a stone wall

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Companion Planting

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Tea for the garden

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...

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Honey whole wheat bread

Venison Stew

Basic chicken broth

Hot Artichoke Dip

Self-reliance

Flea market stories and strategies

A worthwhile journey

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Energy

Prepper power! Part 1

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

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

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Use the right ammunition!

Just because

Of guns and snakes

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...