Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Goat birthing and raising kids

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build Your Own Hoop House

Solar Building Design

Farm and Garden

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Nanny B’s benne bake

You can safely and easily can your own meat

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Lemon-Tarragon Veal

Self-reliance

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Saving money on the homestead

The accidental homesteader

Call me plumber

Energy

Build your own battery charging station

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Solar suitcase

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Big boomer guns

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...