Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Brooder in a box

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Once a day milking

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

How safe is your electric fence?

By Eloise Twining I’ve used solar powered electric fencing on my California ranch for at least 35 years. Over that time electric fencing has proved...

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build your own log home in the woods

Farm and Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Saving Seeds

The $1 Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

Catfish Biscuits

The time-travel ad

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Fish — This gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat

Demystifying real rye bread

Duck with Mushrooms

Pastoral bread

Self-reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Bugging out in place

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Call me plumber

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Tailoring guns to females

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...