Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Build a poultry killing cone

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...

Renovating old walls

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

The vanishing outhouse

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

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

Food and recipes

Barmbrack

Jo’s Kentucky-fried cole slaw

Coconut Rice Pudding

These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts

Self-reliance

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

I heat my house by burning corn

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Power Up

Energy

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Grid-down battery devices

Guns and Hunting

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

Affordable firearms

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

The Appleseed Project

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...