Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Home Dairying

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Building

Building and stocking your pantry

By Jackie Clay Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 At the turn of the 19th century, most country homes had a walk-in pantry, as well as a...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Shelves and benches

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Farm and Garden

Love Those Green Beans

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Anyone with some gardening space, a sunny location, and good loamy soil with pH 6.0-7.5 can grow...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Meat For the Homestead

Mid-season planting

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Barmbrack

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Self-reliance

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Breastfeeding — A primer

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

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

Waterpower for personal use

Energy class: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The light at the end of the gun

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

Which wars work best? The ones we fight or the ones we avoid?

A government with not enough to do, but lots of hungry mouths to feed

Fixing a broken jury system

My View: Call Me Miracle Man!