Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Brooder in a box

The homestead cat

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Installing a steel roof

Building and Using Wattle Fences

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Pruning Blueberries

The $1 Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

Growing Strawberries

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

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

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

Remembering what grandma used

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?

Wonderful wilderness wines

Eggnog

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

Self-reliance

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Stay clear of young wild animals

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Keep the Ice On

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...