Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Build a Trail

By Claire Wolfe Standing near the top of the trail, looking down. The bright sunny spot in the middle distance will...

Build a compost tumbler

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

Tracing a bean

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Okra — Not Just for the South

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Fried chicken for breakfast

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Eggnog

The enchanting Chanterelle — Gourmet goodies free from the forest

Española eggs

Make grape juice the easy way

Self-reliance

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Cut your grocery bill in half

Survival firebuilding skills

Pump water for free

Energy

Solar hot water systems

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

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Emergency solar power for $950

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...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Cold weather shooting considerations

Building the coyote rifle

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

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...