Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising Rabbits

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Home Dairying

Building

Shake update

By David Lee Website Exclusive • January, 2005 Since my shake article was published in Backwoods Home Magazine, Issue #88, I have learned that some of...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Our Unconventional House

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

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Fly it proudly and properly

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Ham & Kidney Bean Soup

Salmon loaf

Mango Delight

Chicken Curry

Self-reliance

Dehydrating eggs at home

Garden injuries

Buy your country place from the government

This country job really rocks

Energy

Power-up bag

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

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

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Big boomer guns

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...