Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Shelves and benches

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Farm and Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Build Your Own Hoop House

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The greatest American who was never President

Grandpa’s justice

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Indian Fry Bread

Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues

Herbed cheese

Pumpkin preserves

Self-reliance

I heat my house by burning corn

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Paring down for off-grid living

Bath herbs

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

Solar Food Drying

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Prepper power! Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Air power superiority

Sight and sound enhancement

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...