Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Brooder in a box

Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Building and using wattle fences

Build a chicken tractor

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Fly it proudly and properly

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Terrific tamale pie

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

The real “Q” — Barbecue the way it’s supposed to be

Kids in the Kitchen

Self-reliance

A young couple moves to the country

Earning money from home

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Preparing for civil unrest

Energy

Solar Building Design

Millenium Vehicles

How to select the right backup generator

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Moderate power firearms

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

Gee-Whiz: Insects

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

Politics and Commentary

Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?

The Government intimidation factor and its effect on the health of society

Can an understanding of math and statistics save America’s freedoms?

That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense