Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Raising Rabbits

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Making and using a solar cooker

By Joe Radabaugh Issue #30 • November/December, 2004 Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods. The solar cookers available today really work and...

Claw Hammers

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

A cabin for one

How to Install a Steel Roof

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Peppers

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

The barnyard scramble

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

Hearty stews for the soul

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

Self-reliance

Buying a used mobile home

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Earning money from home

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Grid-down battery devices

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Guns and Hunting

Air power superiority

When a well-placed shot is required, when stealth and quiet are called for, an air rifle may be the best option. By Gary Lewis Issue #151 • January/February,...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Building the coyote rifle

Use the right ammunition!

Moderate power firearms

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...