Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Is that a good pig?

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

By Armand O. Deblois Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Cold stored fruits and vegetables are the next best thing to fresh-picked. Flavor and texture change little...

Build a Trail

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Build a wood crib with free materials

Never underestimate a woman

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

The $1 Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Mid-season planting

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Catfish Biscuits

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

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Twice Cooked Pork

Hot Artichoke Dip

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Turkey the old-fashioned way

Self-reliance

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

Call me plumber

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

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar-powered water purifiers

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Sight and sound enhancement

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The Appleseed Project

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...