Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

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

Building

The house that Dorothy built

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 This isn't the first time we've had an article by and about...

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Install rafters alone the easy way

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Farm and Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Tracing a bean

Grow Your Own Dishrags

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,...

The summer of ’35

The vanishing outhouse

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Food and recipes

Lazy housewife pickles

Tricia’s chicken chili

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie

Self-reliance

The 7 core areas of preparedness

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Harvest your own firewood

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Energy

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar-powered water purifiers

Solar-powered chicken coop

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Canning game meat

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

The Appleseed Project

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...