Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Once a day milking

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

Build an all-purpose ladder

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Build a log crib

Never underestimate a woman

Farm and Garden

Fruit Trees

By Alice B. Yeager Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese persimmon known as the Fuyugaki...

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

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...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The time-travel ad

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Hamentaschen

Fermented dill pickles

Beans for Sarah

Dill-onion bread

Self-reliance

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

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

Buying a used mobile home

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

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

How to select the right backup generator

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Of guns and snakes

Sight and sound enhancement

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...