Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Build an all-purpose ladder

Making and using a solar cooker

A river rock shower

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Okra — Not Just for the South

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Old World apple chutney

A Native American feast

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

Baby bok choy with tofu

Self-reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Building and stocking your pantry

Harvest your own firewood

The wonderful world of axes

Energy

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Job site solar power

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...