Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Beekeeping basics

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a compost tumbler

How to maintain a dirt road

How to Install a Steel Roof

Farm and Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

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

Americana and History

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Grandpa’s justice

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

Catfish Biscuits

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Stuffed sweet peppers

Apple ham salad

Self-reliance

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Food security 101

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...