Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising Rabbits

Bovine basics for beginners

Brooder in a box

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build a compost tumbler

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Slug Zapper

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

Americana and History

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The greatest American who was never President

Grandpa’s justice

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

Food and recipes

Masala jheenga

Honey Crunch Baked Apples

Make grape juice the easy way

Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs

Self-reliance

Homestead water

How to make money from storage building auctions

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Storm survivors

Energy

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

Solar-powered water purifiers

Solar Building Design

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...