Energy Archives - Page 6 of 6 - Backwoods Home Magazine

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Dim bulbs in California

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

By Lucy Shober Issue #28 • July/August, 1994 Click on pictures for printable, full-sized versions to color. Picture yourself in this dreamy scenario: It's a hot summer afternoon. The sun is beaming through the shade trees as...

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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Is that a good pig?

Raising your own beef for your family

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Bottle-raise a calf

Self-Reliance

10 country do’s and don’ts

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Caring for wounds in the field

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved Water Quality, You...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement at my practice of spreading animal manure as a fertilizer....