Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Once a day milking

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Growing and Using Peppers

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Catfish Biscuits

Remembering what grandma used

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Heart healthy recipes

Preserving plums

Hawaiian poha jam

Emergency casserole

Self-reliance

Avoiding heat illness

Start a fire in any weather

How to make money from storage building auctions

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Energy

Prepper power! Part 1

Solar Food Drying

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Keep the Ice On

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Use the right ammunition!

Air power superiority

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...