Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Raising your own beef for your family

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

Small engine maintenance for women

By Michelle Richards Issue #24 • November/December, 1993 How many small engines do you have on your homestead? I counted mine the other day and came...

A simple backwoods hay baler

Never underestimate a woman

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Meat For the Homestead

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Tracing a bean

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

Remembering what grandma used

Fly it proudly and properly

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Skillet Spanish rice

Chow-chow

Blanching vegetables

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Self-reliance

Fire resistant property

The art of living in small spaces

Make a Sure-Fire Live Trap

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

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

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

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...

Catch your own bait

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

The light at the end of the gun

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...