Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Good-bye old friend

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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Grow some winter squash this year

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

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

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Make grape juice the easy way

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Apple Coffee Cake

Self-reliance

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

10 ways to make money on your land

The fire wick fire starter

Energy

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Solar-powered refrigerators

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

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

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...

Gee-Whiz: Insects

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

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

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

Politics and Commentary

Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the UN and the media

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?