Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Is that a good pig?

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • May, 2010 Grandma Clara used to delight in telling us the story of our Dad's first complete sentence at age...

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Building and using wattle fences

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Installing a steel roof

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Americana and History

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The barnyard scramble

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

Food and recipes

Chicken Curry

Liver Fricassee

Growing and Using Cilantro

Fermented dill pickles

Self-reliance

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

Energy class: Part 1

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Prepper power! Part 2

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...

Of guns and snakes

Canning game meat

How big a gun do you need?

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...