Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Is that a good pig?

Building

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

How to Grow Garlic

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Saving Seeds

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

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

The greatest American who was never President

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Apple barbeque sauce

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

General Tso’s Chicken

Orange honey pudding

Self-reliance

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Swedish log candle

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...