Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Home Dairying

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

This coop is for the birds

Installing a steel roof

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Victory Gardens

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Love Those Green Beans

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

The time-travel ad

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Catfish Biscuits

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

Food and recipes

Stewed tomatoes

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Cooking with seeds — A surefire way to sow good health into your family’s diet

Dill-onion bread

Self-reliance

The art of living in small spaces

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

The Trigger Line

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

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

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Tailoring guns to females

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Choose your ammo… police style

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...