Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding the best dog for the country life

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Build a Trail

Make adobe bricks

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Build a Composter

Farm and Garden

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

Currants and Gooseberries

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Pruning Blueberries

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The summer of ’35

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Blueberry tofu frappe

Tastes Just Like Chicken

Boston Baked Beans

Turkey the old-fashioned way

Self-reliance

Building and stocking your pantry

Homestead security for women

Start a fire in any weather

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Energy

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Job site solar power

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...