Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Raising your own beef

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Installing a steel roof

Small engine maintenance for women

Farm and Garden

Love Those Green Beans

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Anyone with some gardening space, a sunny location, and good loamy soil with pH 6.0-7.5 can grow...

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

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

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Fly it proudly and properly

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Orange honey pudding

Sweet Ginger Eggs

Sweet pepper salad

Caribbean Catfish

Self-reliance

Earning money from home

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Food security 101: part 2

Energy

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Big boomer guns

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...