Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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

Raising cattle on your own place

Redworm farming

Building

Building and stocking your pantry

By Jackie Clay Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 At the turn of the 19th century, most country homes had a walk-in pantry, as well as a...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Make adobe bricks

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Farm and Garden

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

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

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

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

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Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document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...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Catfish Biscuits

Grandpa’s justice

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Turning to turmeric

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Lazy housewife pickles

Self-reliance

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Disaster preparation!

Preparing for winter

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Build Your Own Car Wash

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Power Up

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Building the coyote rifle

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...