Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Bovine basics for beginners

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Keeping fresh water in front of our livestock in the winter has always been somewhat of a problem....

Build a portable woodstove for $30

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Choosing a chain saw

Build a pallet fence

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Love Those Green Beans

Growing and Using Peppers

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The barnyard scramble

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

Food and recipes

Deconstructing a bowl of red

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

Scallop Crunch Appetizer

Blueberry tofu frappe

Self-reliance

Essential oils

Woodstove cooking

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

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

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar-powered refrigerators

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...