Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Raising cattle on your own place

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

Animal disease traceability

Building

Make adobe bricks

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Last winter I got a phone call from an old friend in Arizona. One of his sons...

This coop is for the birds

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Gabion walls for form and function

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

Home-Grown Eggs

Three Raised Bed Designs

Meat For the Homestead

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Fly it proudly and properly

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

Fermented dill pickles

Self-reliance

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

Buying a used mobile home

Power Up

The community treasure chest

Energy

Emergency solar power for $950

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Portable solar power

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Use the right ammunition!

Cold weather shooting considerations

Affordable firearms

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...