Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Building

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

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

Build an attached solar greenhouse

A river rock shower

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Testing Soil

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...

Fried chicken for breakfast

The barnyard scramble

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Tricia’s chicken chili

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

Whole grain breads baked at home

Raspberry chocolate torte

Self-reliance

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Learning to love the high desert

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

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

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...