Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

Brooder in a box

Raising Rabbits

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

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

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

Solar Building Design

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Farm and Garden

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country....

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Caring for your chickens in winter

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

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

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Emergency casserole

Canning Steelhead and Tuna

Zucchini with green chilies

Dark moons

Self-reliance

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Call me plumber

Bartering for bad times

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Dim bulbs in California

Solar power for farm and ranch

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

The light at the end of the gun

Canning game meat

Sight and sound enhancement

How big a gun do you need?

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...