Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Farm and Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

How to Grow Garlic

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The summer of ’35

Remembering what grandma used

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Italian Pot Roast

Old-fashioned baked beans

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Self-reliance

Cut your grocery bill in half

Make your own firestarters

What to do when there’s no doctor

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

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

Solar hot water systems

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...