Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Home Dairying

Once a day milking

Building

A house a tornado helped build

By Robert L. Williams Issue #16 • July/August, 1992 On May 5, 1989, tornadoes ripped through parts of three western North Carolina counties, including ours, and...

Build a chicken house in a day

Build a wood crib with free materials

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Three Raised Bed Designs

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Lenie in the kitchen: Lemon scones, pound cake, and pie

Masala jheenga

Apple Coffee Cake

Skillet Spanish rice

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Is steam power in your future?

Build your own battery charging station

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...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Affordable firearms

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...