Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Build a poultry killing cone

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

By Patrice Lewis One of the advantages of living a homesteading lifestyle is participants can kick aside the ever-changing concepts of what constitutes “classy” home...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

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

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Farm and Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Victory Gardens

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Naughty Peppers

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

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 greatest American who was never President

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

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

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

Food and recipes

Making hard cider

Artichoke-Spinach Casserole

Beans for Sarah

Hummingbird Cake

Self-reliance

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Shopping to beat inflation

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Power-up bag

Generators alone are not enough

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Guns and Hunting

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

(and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) By Charles Wood Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 Back in the early 1990s the outlook for the...

Picking a holster

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...