Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

The homestead cat

Brooder in a box

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

By Thomas Brewer Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 I am not ambidextrous. My wife, Judith, uses chopsticks with either hand or even both hands at once....

Build a Composter

Solar Building Design

The house that Dorothy built

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Farm and Garden

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country....

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Growing Microgreens

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

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...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Quince preserves

Make your own nut butters

Baklava

Gritted bread

Self-reliance

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Keeping tools sharp

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Energy

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Add solar power to your truck camper

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Build Your Own Car Wash

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Air power superiority

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

The coming ice age

The many benefits of garlic

Politics and Commentary

The state of freedom in America

Body language and threat recognition

The Coming American Dictatorship Part XI — The Tenth Amendement Movement

How to fix your aching back using the McKenzie Method