Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Building

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Keeping fresh water in front of our livestock in the winter has always been somewhat of a problem....

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Building Eric’s house

Build a portable woodstove for $30

A house a tornado helped build

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Currants and Gooseberries

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Love Those Green Beans

Okra — Not Just for the South

Americana and History

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The time-travel ad

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Vegetarian and semi-vegetarian: Healthy meals that satisfy the omnivore

Succulent venison stew

Nanny B’s benne bake

Growing and Using Cilantro

Self-reliance

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Solar hot water systems

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Affordable firearms

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

The Appleseed Project

Science

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...