Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

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

Raising your own beef for your family

Good-bye old friend

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Build a stone wall

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

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...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

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

Americana and History

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Constitution of the united States of America

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

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

Food and recipes

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Picnicking with class!

Aunt Ona’s Mandarin orange cake

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

Self-reliance

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Preparing for winter

Energy

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Thoughts on ammunition

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...