Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Build a barrel stove

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Love Those Green Beans

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

The time-travel ad

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot

Liver Fricassee

Challah

Raspberry Pears with Chocolate Sauce

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Shopping to beat inflation

Energy

Energy class: Part 1

Emergency solar power for $950

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Canning game meat

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...