Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Animal disease traceability

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Brooder in a box

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Build a wood crib with free materials

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Build a poultry killing cone

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw...

Pruning Blueberries

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

The Potato Hole

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Fly it proudly and properly

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

How to use those leftovers

Crispy onion rings

Chicken San Francisco

Elissaburgettes

Self-reliance

Keeping tools sharp

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Emergency solar power for $950

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Hydronic woodstoves

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...