Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising your own beef for your family

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our...

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Build your own portable forge

Build a pallet fence

Farm and Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be...

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Growing Productive Strawberries

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The barnyard scramble

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Stuffed sweet peppers

Nana V’s fire sauce

The real “Q” — Barbecue the way it’s supposed to be

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

Self-reliance

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Water pumping windmills

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Prepper power! Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Sight and sound enhancement

Thoughts on ammunition

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...