Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

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...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Minestrone-hamburger soup

Apple and berry pies

Tomato and coriander salad

Self-reliance

The art of living in small spaces

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Cash in on your household junk

How we found our remote backwoods home

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Energy class: Part 1

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Use the right ammunition!

Big boomer guns

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Picking a holster

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...