Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Redworm farming

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

A cabin for one

Build a Composter

Farm and Garden

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

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Caring for your chickens in winter

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Make grape juice the easy way

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Stuffed Mushrooms – Greek Style

General Tso’s Chicken

Self-reliance

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Harvest your own firewood

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Energy

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Air power superiority

Women and guns

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...