Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Where our farm animals come from

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

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

Installing a steel roof

By Norman Bennett Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 One of the reasons steel roofs have become so popular is the simplicity and economy with which they...

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Companion Planting

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

Love Those Green Beans

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

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

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Banana-Apricot Bars

Española eggs

Quince preserves

Self-reliance

Simplifying simplicity

Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

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

Energy

Job site solar power

Solar-powered chicken coop

Build Your Own Car Wash

Solar hot water systems

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...