Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising Rabbits

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

Slaughtering and Butchering

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Build a graceful footbridge

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...

Home-Grown Eggs

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Naughty Peppers

Growing Microgreens

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Root vegetable casserole

Elk Roast With Cranberries

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Penne with Provencal eggplant and peppers

Self-reliance

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Making maple syrup

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Energy

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Solar power trailer Part 2

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Picking a holster

Building the coyote rifle

Use the right ammunition!

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...