Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Brooder in a box

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Build your own repeating mouse trap

By Allen Easterly Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Safety note: Because of drowning danger, 5-gallon buckets with any amount of water in them should never be...

Shelves and benches

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

A cabin for one

Build an all-purpose ladder

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Grow some winter squash this year

Meat For the Homestead

Tracing a bean

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Remembering what grandma used

The greatest American who was never President

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Nameless salad and dressing

Nana V’s fire sauce

Growing and Using Cilantro

Raspberry ketchup

Self-reliance

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Swedish log candle

Homestead helpers

Breastfeeding — A primer

Energy

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Energy class: Part 1

Add solar power to your truck camper

Power-up bag

Guns and Hunting

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Air power superiority

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...