Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

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

Building

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Build a ski sled

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Shake update

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Plantation Coffee Punch

Bacon-Avocado Potato Salad

Kids in the Kitchen

Root vegetable casserole

Self-reliance

Caring for wounds in the field

Make a quilt out of Levis

Small camp security

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Water pumping windmills

How to select the right backup generator

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Use the right ammunition!

Catch your own bait

Women and guns

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...