Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Is that a good pig?

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

A house a tornado helped build

This coop is for the birds

Shake update

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

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

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Propagating Grapes

Growing Strawberries

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Fly it proudly and properly

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Basic chicken broth

Chocolate — Food for the Gods

Chilies rellenos

Self-reliance

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Making apple pectin

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Make a Sure-Fire Live Trap

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

How to select the right backup generator

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Use the right ammunition!

Catch your own bait

The light at the end of the gun

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...