Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Is that a good pig?

Where our farm animals come from

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Build an all-purpose ladder

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build your own portable forge

New invention— The Fencerunner

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

How to Grow Great Carrots

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

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

The vanishing outhouse

Grandpa’s justice

Remembering what grandma used

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

Food and recipes

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

Vegetable Scramble

Nameless salad and dressing

Ten Marinades For Summer

Self-reliance

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Energy

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Canning game meat

Building the coyote rifle

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...