Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Installing a steel roof

Rural Building

Woodbarrow

Build your own portable forge

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Saving Seeds

Three Raised Bed Designs

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Veal Goulash

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Apple slaw

Baked Beans, Two

Self-reliance

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Defeating debt

Energy

Solar suitcase

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Millenium Vehicles

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...

Choose your ammo… police style

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Canning game meat

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...