Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #38 • March/April, 1996 I got the dreadful call from my son Eric at 2 p.m. on June 29th, 1995, an hour...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Renovating old walls

Building and stocking your pantry

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Remembering what grandma used

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Food and recipes

Baked chili relleno casserole

Tricia’s chicken chili

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

More tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

No dentist? Oh, no!

Stay clear of young wild animals

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Energy

Hydronic woodstoves

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

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

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

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...