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Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Follow Jackie Clay-Atkinson and her husband, Will, as they homestead a 120-acre piece of northern Minnesotan woods entirely off-grid. Sharing their homestead are horses, beef cattle, a milk cow, dairy goats, chickens and turkeys.

Massad Ayoob on Guns

This blog, from a retired police captain and self-defense instructor, covers the use of different firearms, political musings, and self-defense tactics.

Farm and Garden

A child’s garden — More than child’s play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Green or yellow: Grow your best bush beans ever

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Gardening for Treasure

Building

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Build an all-purpose ladder

Building Eric’s house

Self-Reliance

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Avoiding heat illness

By Dr. Gary F. Arnet Drink early and often to avoid dehydration. The body normally needs two to three...

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

By Harry Spetla Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 A canoe and kayak livery business is inexpensive to start and it's easy to operate. The business fits...

Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Raising your own beef

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep

Science and Education

The coming ice age

Science and truth. Are they related?

Testing Soil

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Energy

Keep the Ice On

By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., C.E.M. Self-Reliance, Fall 2019 When I ask most people why they own or are looking to buy a generator, most will...

Power Up

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Americana and History

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

The summer of ’35

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Firearms

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

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...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

Preparedness

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Circle of friends

Avoiding heat illness

Buying the right emergency radio

Storm survivors

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Articles By Dave Duffy

My View: Call Me Miracle Man!

By Dave Duffy Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Superheroes are the rage these days at movie theaters. Even I am fascinated by them. Old style heroes...