Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

Build a barrel stove

By Nick Weston Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 This stove kept me warm and provided an excellent cooking surface for more than six months while I...

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Renovating old walls

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

Love Those Green Beans

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Americana and History

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

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

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

Fried chicken for breakfast

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage

Dark moons

Blueberry wine jam

Tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Pump water for free

New yarn from old sweaters

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Energy

Power Up

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Moderate power firearms

Sight and sound enhancement

Women and guns

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...