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Backwoods Home Magazine is a quarterly 116-page print homesteading magazine with seasonal articles. We've been helping readers live more self-reliant lives for 36 years.
Topics Covered in Each Issue
- Garden-to-Table Food and Recipes
- Practical Building and DIY Projects
- Raising poultry, goats, rabbits, cows, and more
- Emergency Preparedness and Survival Skills
- Creating a Self-Sufficient Home
- Making money off your land and skills
- Canning and Food Preservation
- Firearms Ownership, Safety, and Training
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This discount is only valid for your first subscription year. Subsequent years will be charged at the regular subscription rate automatically. You can easily cancel at any time by email, phone or online.
What Our Readers Say
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"Well, what can I say that hasn't already been said -- I have been reading Backwoods on and off for 20 years - most of the time just purchase it off the shelf. But I figure this time I would once again get a subscription - I love the magazine - the down home vibe - great articles that educate…"
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"We always look forward to receiving our magazine. When it comes we read and re-read cover to cover."
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"I ordered a subscription to Backwoods Home mag for my son and daughter in law for Christmas. They have received the first edition, and they love it. I’m curious though, as to why I didn’t receive my online issue? If I’m not mistaken I ordered online edition for myself."
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"This magazine makes my heart smile. I look forward to receiving it in the mail! I’m a millennial - new to the homesteading and DIY world. The content is very helpful and the pictures and photos are so wholesome. So different than mainstream magazines. I will continue to subscribe."
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"So glad for the auto subscription . . don't want to miss any of these great magazines !!! 🤩"
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"Very helpful and entertaining. I love the traditional ways and learning them or re-learning them. The magazine has a nostalgic feel, but it is very informative for today's challenges, especially when you desire to live more naturally and wholesome. This is the one publication I really look forward to getting. I get other homesteading and self-reliance publications which are also…"
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"I absolutely love this magazine, I am in Australia and we dont have anything like this here that I'm aware of . It's so informative and very interesting to read thankyou"
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"True grit YouTube channel got me on this magazine and honestly I wish I knew about it sooner, reminds me a lot of the foxfire series which I have and love."
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"I haven't bought a magazine in years but this one I did. I'm retiring at the end of this year and looking forward to more preserving and more ways to make my home more efficient and cost effective. I love this magazine"
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"I have only received 2 issues so far and I love this magazine! There is so much info in them. Thanks to True Grit: Appalachian Ways for promoting the magazine!!"
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"GREAT MAGAZINE! I’m so glad the print edition is Back! I’m Old and Old School! I still like to read a Magazine! I really like all the different subjects and try to learn a little bit. Thank You for all the Good Reading! Keep up The Great Work! W.H.G."
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"Find the magazine very informative with lots of information"
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"A friend introduced me to your magazine a few years back and I thoroughly enjoy it! Full of useful information!"
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"Love the magazine. So many great articles and information."
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"So real. Like real food for life. Just the first copy and love it. I appreciate the lack of adds and hope you guys go for ever."
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"This publication is an outstanding source of information for all who are, or becoming, self sufficient. From canning to firearms, from chickens to yaks, this has it all. Do ya'll allow readers to submit articles?"
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"Love this magazine. So helpful and insightful."
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"Very good articles on preserving food, building and great recipes."
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"Love all the information consolidated in one easy-to-find place!"
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"This magazine is essential reading, each issue is packed with vital information. I look forward to seeing each issue in our mailbox - highly recommended!"
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Self-Reliance is a quarterly 100-page print homesteading magazine that has articles on gardening, canning, cooking, DIY projects, livestock, foraging, and preparedness. Whether you live deep in the woods or on the top floor of a high-rise apartment, you can enrich your life by becoming more self-reliant.
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What Our Readers Say
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"These are by far my favorite magazines! Good printed magazines are a rare find today, especially those with very few ads stealing valuable space. That's why I gave them to my son and his wife for Christmas. And they love them! It's exactly what they need as they prepare to start their transition into the homesteading life. Thank you for…"
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"Great magazine, I love the old world lifestyle articles, it reminds me of a simpler time in this country. It makes me want to go back a hundred years to a simpler time."
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"LOVE these magazines . . sure wish some of the other publications could be mailed to Canada."
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"These are the greatest magazines in the world! Being in Canada, I have to pay extra for postage and the exchange rate but still see them as high value resources. If you want to be able to persevere when the economy goes bad or another pandemic hits, you need these in your library."
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"I'm from a farming / fishing / seafood industry family background and I always loved knowledge about doing things "the old way" or the "country way" and that's what you get with these magazines. Great information."
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"Get at least this subscription for both magazines and never cancel!!! These are a joy to read and I only wish I had a library full already! I tell everyone I know about these if they are at all inclined to this lifestyle. I also love to give subscriptions as gifts!"
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"Love these magazines, I have renewed a few times and plan on continuing to renew."
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"Like a old friend just talking about country living and how to make your life matter."
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"Awesome magazines! They are great resources, references, and entertainment. I love seeing them arrive in the mail."
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"Lot's of information in both magazines. Backwoods Home includes articles on firearms as well, while Self-Reliance does not. Both magazines have highly informative articles wrote by knowledgeable people. Some articles even disagree with others that have been wrote and published, which is perfect for critical thinkers."
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"I of course have noticed you guys first on holler homestead! But when my aunt offered her first magazines for me to read I said yes and enjoyed them so much I subscribed for 2 years and have already recommended them to 2 friends who have the same interests I do. One commented how there are no ads! Enjoyable articles…"
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"Awesome reading , informative articles. I am eagerly awaiting next issue."
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"Loved reading through my first edition of your magazine. Very interesting articles."
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"I just subscribed to Backwoods Home Magazine (and Self-Reliance) after seeing The Hollars talk about it on YouTube, and I’m already so glad I did! I have only received my first issue of Backwoods Home so far, and it’s awesome—way bigger than I expected, and full of super relevant information for where I’m at in life right now. You can…"
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"Haven't read the Self Reliance one yet but so far I love Backwoods Home. 100% recommend."
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"Although the newsstands have other magazines of the same theme they seem to be written by writers and not doers. We do not live in the country or have livestock, but we have a garden and make our own bread and food preservation so every issue has something of value for us."
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"I love both of these Magazines so much!! They are a great source of information and fun."
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"I love your magazines, they are both informative regarding so many different topics. You do not need to be a homesteader to read the magazine, I am not and yet I love your magazines. They are informative on rural living and canning and extreme weather. I enjoy reading them both when I receive them."
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"Change nothing. I am so glad the physical copies were brought back into production. I found out about Backwoods Home Magazine from listening to one of Bill Cooper’s Hour Of The Time radio broadcasts from the 1990’s around 15 years ago God rest his soul. If it wasn’t for his radio show I doubt I ever would have found out…"
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"I have been a Backwoods subscriber since 2004 and Self Reliance subscriber since it’s inception. I have met Dave, Lenny, Don and most importantly, Jackie!! (maybe others) at a couple of self reliance home shows in Denver. I feel they all are family and frequently ask Jackie for advice via her website. We have renovated a very old ‘rustic’ cabin…"