Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

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

Goat birthing and raising kids

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Never underestimate a woman

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Victory Gardens

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

The barnyard scramble

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Goat milk recipes

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Hawaiian poha jam

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Self-reliance

Caring for wounds in the field

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Energy

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build your own battery charging station

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...