Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Brooder in a box

Building

Building and stocking your pantry

By Jackie Clay Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 At the turn of the 19th century, most country homes had a walk-in pantry, as well as a...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

A simple backwoods hay baler

A river rock shower

Farm and Garden

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

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

Tracing a bean

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

The vanishing outhouse

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Food and recipes

Make grape juice the easy way

Cooking with seeds — A surefire way to sow good health into your family’s diet

Huckleberries purple gold

Keep the Ice On

Self-reliance

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Is steam power in your future?

Solar-powered refrigerators

Build a community assistance recharging station

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

The Appleseed Project

Big boomer guns

The light at the end of the gun

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

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

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

The world’s least-free country

A reason for the Second Amendment

Libertarian and Conservative

Understanding the gun debate, part 1