Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

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

Animal disease traceability

Once a day milking

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Woodbarrow

The house that Dorothy built

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Propagating Grapes

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Love Those Green Beans

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Grandpa’s justice

Remembering what grandma used

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Dark moons

Baby bok choy with tofu

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Tabbouleh

Self-reliance

City boy, country boy

The art of living in small spaces

No dentist? Oh, no!

Teaching the joy of reading

Energy

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

Solar-powered refrigerators

Job site solar power

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

Guns and Hunting

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No,...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Affordable firearms

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Canning game meat

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...