Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Beekeeping basics

Home Dairying

Is that a good pig?

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

The Forever Floor

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Currants and Gooseberries

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Naughty Peppers

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Grandpa’s justice

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Apples and sweet potatoes

Sorrento Salad

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Six Chile Chicken

Self-reliance

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

The community treasure chest

The many benefits of garlic

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Build a community assistance recharging station

Battery powered weekend retreat

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Guns and Hunting

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

By Massad Ayoob Issue #83 • September/October, 2003 If you've read American firearms history at all, you know the lore of the .45 automatic. How during...

Moderate power firearms

Use the right ammunition!

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Science

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The coming ice age

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

The world is ending! … Again?

Politics and Commentary

Dark Winter — A simulated terrorist attack on three American cities using weaponized smallpox

The media’s treatment of blacks makes their socialist bias obvious

Chuck meets Bubba

Getting the state out of marriage