Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Is that a good pig?

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

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

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...

A cabin for one

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

How to maintain a dirt road

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Farm and Garden

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Fly it proudly and properly

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Ribeye Steak with Chianti Sauce

Fiery Frittata

Moroccan mint tea

Chicken Enchiladas

Self-reliance

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Drive your own freshwater well

Shopping to beat inflation

Energy

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

Emergency solar power for $950

Portable solar power

Job site solar power

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The Appleseed Project

Just because

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...