Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Slaughtering and Butchering

Brooder in a box

Home Dairying

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Propagating Grapes

Testing Soil

Propagating Plants

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Remembering what grandma used

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Food and recipes

Turning to turmeric

Barmbrack

Danish Meat Balls

Hearty breakfast fillets

Self-reliance

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Power your bug-out bag

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Of guns and snakes

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Reload your own brass

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...