Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Slaughtering and Butchering

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Victory Gardens

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

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,...

The barnyard scramble

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Fly it proudly and properly

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Home canning safety tips

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

Salmon loaf

Self-reliance

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Energy

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Homemade electric power

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

How to shoot a handgun accurately

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 —...