Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising your own beef for your family

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Building

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Easy awnings

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Sweet Potato Greens

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Catfish Biscuits

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Zucchini casserole

Six Chile Chicken

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

Hot Artichoke Dip

Self-reliance

Medicinal uses of garlic

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Swedish log candle

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Emergency solar power for $950

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Water pumping windmills

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Cold weather shooting considerations

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...