Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Slaughtering and Butchering

The homestead cat

Building

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 The thing I like the most about Backwoods Home is that, unlike a lot of other magazines,...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build an all-purpose ladder

Building and stocking your pantry

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Farm and Garden

Love Those Green Beans

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Anyone with some gardening space, a sunny location, and good loamy soil with pH 6.0-7.5 can grow...

Naughty Peppers

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Companion Planting

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....

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Braised rabbit with red wine

Hamburger soup

Four Pepper Pheasant

Tomato and coriander salad

Self-reliance

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Storm survivors

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Survival/utility vest

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Solar hot water systems

Is steam power in your future?

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

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...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Air power superiority

How big a gun do you need?

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...