Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Redworm farming

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Easy awnings

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 A window without an awning is like a lamp without a shade bare and glaring. In my...

Never underestimate a woman

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

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Farm and Garden

The Potato Hole

By Sylvia Gist Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Remembering what grandma used

The greatest American who was never President

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Baby bok choy with tofu

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Honey whole wheat bread

Kugel

Self-reliance

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

City boy, country boy

The community treasure chest

Preparing for civil unrest

Energy

Dim bulbs in California

Solar Food Drying

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

The light at the end of the gun

Women and guns

How to shoot a handgun accurately

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...