Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build a poultry killing cone

Animal disease traceability

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Build a pallet fence

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw...

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

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Constitution of the united States of America

Grandpa’s justice

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

Food and recipes

How to tell a bad egg

Homemade healthy soba noodles

Sweet potato pudding

Preserving plums

Self-reliance

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Homemade skin care products

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

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

Energy

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Solar Building Design

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...