Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Switch your family to goat’s milk

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Build a chicken house in a day

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

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...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The greatest American who was never President

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...

Terrorism in America — The armed citizen’s view

Here are some answers to often-asked questions of anti-gunners

The Coming American Dictatorship Part XII — The militarization of America’s police forces

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Goat birthing and raising kids

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

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...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...