Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Is that a good pig?

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Farm and Garden

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

Fruit Trees

Meat For the Homestead

Growing and Using Peppers

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The greatest American who was never President

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Raspberry chocolate torte

Duane’s shrimp dip

Self-reliance

The joys of making soap

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Bugging out in place

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Moderate power firearms

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

How big a gun do you need?

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Gee-Whiz: Time

The world is ending! … Again?

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

The chances of global disaster

My View: Call Me Miracle Man!

Questions about global warming

Self-reliance equals freedom