Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising Rabbits

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Build a barrel stove

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Currants and Gooseberries

The Best City Garden

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Constitution of the united States of America

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Preserving plums

Baked chili relleno casserole

Healthy holiday munchies — Guaranteed to take the sneak out of snacking

Española eggs

Self-reliance

Swedish log candle

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

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

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Power Up

Add solar power to your truck camper

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...