Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Animal disease traceability

Bovine basics for beginners

Once a day milking

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Renovating old walls

How to Install a Steel Roof

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Sweet Potato Greens

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

How to Grow Potatoes

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

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

Grandpa’s justice

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Sweet & Sour Cabbage

Jerusalem artichokes with brown rice

Lamb and Apricot Pilaff

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

Self-reliance

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Saving money on the homestead

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Water pumping windmills

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Solar system codes — Build it right!

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...

Sight and sound enhancement

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

How big a gun do you need?

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...