Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Building Eric’s house

Build a barrel stove

Farm and Garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

Grow some winter squash this year

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

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

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

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Fermented dill pickles

Pecan twerps

Lazy housewife pickles

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

Self-reliance

Cash in on your household junk

Food security 101: part 2

The wonderful world of axes

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Energy

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Power-up bag

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

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Women and guns

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Science and truth. Are they related?

Politics and Commentary

Introducing the international tax cartel

Armed and Female

The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask

Is it time for an education revolution?