Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Fermenting Chicken Feed

The homestead cat

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #172 • July/August, 2018 Like most young folks today, our son David graduated high school, got a job, and went to college...

How safe is your electric fence?

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Building and using wattle fences

Farm and Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

The greatest American who was never President

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Making baby food at home

Fig preserves

Mac’s lamb curry bake

Ribeye Steak with Chianti Sauce

Self-reliance

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

What to do when there’s no doctor

Learning to love the high desert

Space heater safety tips

Energy

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

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

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Firearms and cold weather considerations

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...