Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Brooder in a box

Building

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Build a stone wall

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

A house a tornado helped build

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Caring for your chickens in winter

The Home Citrus Orchard

Fruit Trees

Americana and History

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Fly it proudly and properly

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Constitution of the united States of America

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Apples and sweet potatoes

Apple and berry pies

Baby bok choy with tofu

Here are some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time

Self-reliance

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

A guide to buying silver and gold

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

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar Food Drying

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

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...

The light at the end of the gun

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...