Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Get to know your spiders

Building

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

By James Ballou Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 A certain degree of self reliance is obtainable by those who have the knowledge and skills, resourcefulness, courage,...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Build Your Own Car Wash

Shelves and benches

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

The Home Citrus Orchard

Growing Productive Strawberries

Mid-season planting

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Constitution of the united States of America

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Black & Blue Mango Pie

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Glazed carrots with peas and onions

Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues

Self-reliance

Homestead Helpers

Garden injuries Part 2

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Energy

Millenium Vehicles

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Prepper power! Part 1

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

Moderate power firearms

How big a gun do you need?

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...