Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Raising cattle on your own place

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Good-bye old friend

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

The house that Dorothy built

Renovating old walls

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Farm and Garden

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

Growing Microgreens

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Companion Planting

Growing and Using Peppers

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

The time-travel ad

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

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole

How to can chopped garlic

Self-reliance

Earning money from home

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Cleaning a well

Garden injuries Part 2

Energy

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Build your own battery charging station

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...