Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

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

Building

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

Building Eric’s house

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Build a chicken house in a day

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

The greatest American who was never President

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The vanishing outhouse

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Braised venison pepper steak

Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage

Cookies in a jar

Jamaican Beef Patties

Self-reliance

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Bugging out in place

Fully Involved

Energy

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

An $89 backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Reload your own brass

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

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,...