Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Brooder in a box

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

By Monika Williams Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 I am always trying to come up with different ways to utilize the small space I have to...

Stairs — The next level

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build a Heated Germination Bed

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Growing and Using Peppers

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Fly it proudly and properly

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

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

Food and recipes

Braised rabbit with red wine

Blanching vegetables

Pickled fish and rollmops

Eggplant salad

Self-reliance

Medicinal uses of garlic

Caveman walking stick

Call me plumber

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Energy

Emergency solar power for $950

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar-powered chicken coop

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Picking a holster

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Tailoring guns to females

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...