Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Bovine basics for beginners

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

By Steve Maxwell How many times have you built an outdoor project out of wood, only to be disappointed by the deterioration that hit after...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Building and using wattle fences

Build a chicken tractor

The house that Dorothy built

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Growing Strawberries

Sweet Potato Greens

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Fried Foods

Homemade pizza

Southern mint julep

Potato soup

Self-reliance

What to do when there’s no doctor

Flea market stories and strategies

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Big boomer guns

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...