Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Redworm farming

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build a graceful footbridge

By Harrison Stone Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 Tap your heels together three times and repeat after me, "There is no place like homeThere is no...

The house that Dorothy built

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Building your chicken coop

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

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Flowers Brighten the Garden

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...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The time-travel ad

The greatest American who was never President

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

Food and recipes

Mexican Stuffed Shells

Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?

Basic chicken broth

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Self-reliance

Make a Sure-Fire Live Trap

Homestead water

Caring for wounds in the field

How to maintain your chimney

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Energy class: Part 3

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...