Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Brooder in a box

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Good-bye old friend

Raising Rabbits

Building

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Build a pizza oven

New invention— The Fencerunner

Farm and Garden

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Grow some winter squash this year

Plant Once Harvest for Years

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...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Fly it proudly and properly

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Cheesy fish chowder

Modify your oven to bake great bread

Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat

Creamed Carrot Soup

Self-reliance

How to maintain your chimney

Flea market stories and strategies

New yarn from old sweaters

Fully Involved

Energy

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Is steam power in your future?

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Keep the Ice On

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Moderate power firearms

Choose your ammo… police style

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...

Gee-Whiz: Trees

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

A brief history of health and medicine

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Is the Mainstream Media Finally Recognizing How the War on Drugs is Destroying Our Rights?

Armed civilians can help fight terrorism

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

Finally, a disaster that is guaranteed!