Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Is that a good pig?

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Build a poultry killing cone

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

How to Install a Steel Roof

By Morgan Barker  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 Steel roofing isn't just for factories and barns...

Building Eric’s house

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Building and stocking your pantry

How safe is your electric fence?

Farm and Garden

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Growing and Using Peppers

Meat For the Homestead

Flowers Brighten 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...

The vanishing outhouse

The greatest American who was never President

Remembering what grandma used

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Growing and Using Cilantro

Bread pudding

Grilled Steak with Olive-Blue Cheese Sauce

Tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

Make your own firestarters

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Pump water for free

Earning money from home

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar Building Design

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Firearms — Tools of rural living

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...