Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Home Dairying

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

By Don Lewis In 1874, a United States patent (#157,124) was issued to Joseph F. Glidden, a long-serving sheriff in DeKalb County, Illinois. His invention...

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Build a chicken house in a day

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Farm and Garden

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

By Setanta O'Ceillaigh  Issue #160 • July/August, 2016 The cycle never ends: As soon as one...

Slug Zapper

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Gardening for Treasure

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Crispy onion rings

Apple Coffee Cake

Apple and berry pies

Bob’s basic breads for beginners, bachelors, barbarians, and backwoodsmen

Self-reliance

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Tale of a country family

Woodstove cooking

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Dim bulbs in California

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

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...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...