Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

The homestead cat

Raising Rabbits

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Grow some winter squash this year

The Homestead Greenhouse

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

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

Food and recipes

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Pita bread

Coffee Kringle

Turning to turmeric

Self-reliance

Garden injuries

Fully Involved

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Dim bulbs in California

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Solar-powered water purifiers

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Reload your own brass

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

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...