Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

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 holz hausen to dry firewood

This coop is for the birds

Build a chicken tractor

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Farm and Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Growing Microgreens

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

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...

Remembering what grandma used

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The greatest American who was never President

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

A few favorite recipes and books

Gritted bread

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Self-reliance

Power Up

Learning to love the high desert

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Solar-powered refrigerators

Portable solar power

Battery powered weekend retreat

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Sight and sound enhancement

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

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

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

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Confronting the enemy

Freedom, guns, & boycotts

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

The real gun criminals

Animals

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-Reliance

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Farm and Garden

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up. They fussed with it a bit, but couldn't get it...