Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Is that a good pig?

Finding the best dog for the country life

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Building

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

By Jennifer Poindexter Issue #157 • January/February, 2016 Since my family is homesteading on a budget, the task of building a greenhouse had to be done...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Choosing a chain saw

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Small engine maintenance for women

Farm and Garden

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this,...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Blueberry Cash Crop

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

The greatest American who was never President

Biological and chemical weapons through history

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Lamb Curry with Yogurt

Baked Spaghetti

Apple and Potato Soup

Spider rice casserole

Self-reliance

Avoiding heat illness

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Digging a shallow well

The wonderful world of axes

Energy

Build your own battery charging station

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Solar power trailer Part 2

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....

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Firearms — Tools of rural living

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Choose your ammo… police style

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...