Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Keeping homestead animals healthy

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 Here's the finished vanity with our unfinished dresser that will store our extra towels and linens. We've had our log...

A river rock shower

Building and using wattle fences

Shake update

Gabion walls for form and function

Farm and Garden

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

Build a Composter

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Testing Soil

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

The barnyard scramble

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

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

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Pistachios — Historic and healthy nuts

Fudge macaroon pie

Nana V’s holiday corn bread

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Self-reliance

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Brood X

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Dealing with heat stress

Energy

Prepper power! Part 2

Portable solar power

Is steam power in your future?

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Women and guns

Reload your own brass

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...