Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

The homestead cat

Once a day milking

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Beekeeping basics

Building

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Claw Hammers

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Farm and Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

The summer of ’35

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

The barnyard scramble

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

Food and recipes

Pizza Casserole

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Fried tuna patties

Self-reliance

7 Mistakes of food storage

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

The fire wick fire starter

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Energy

Build your own battery charging station

How to select the right backup generator

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

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...

Reload your own brass

Thoughts on ammunition

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...