Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Bottle-raise a calf

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

By Bill Leonard Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 You can say a great deal in favor of cement block (or, if you prefer, concrete block) building....

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

How safe is your electric fence?

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

The $1 Garden

By Jonathan Nunan Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 The dollar garden is simple in concept: buy as many seeds as you can for one dollar and...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Propagating Plants

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

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...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

French Onion Soup

Pickled fish and rollmops

Potato Latkes

Tastes Just Like Chicken

Self-reliance

A guide to buying silver and gold

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Power-up bag

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Air power superiority

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

How big a gun do you need?

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Theories of the universe

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

Looking back on 20 years of BHM

Terrorism in America — The armed citizen’s view

Dealing with Liberals and History

Can America be Saved from Stupid People?