Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising Rabbits

Building

Build a Groundhog Snare

By Allen Easterly Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 In just a few minutes your completed snare is ready to put an end to your groundhog woes....

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Build your own portable forge

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Farm and Garden

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit...

Mid-season planting

Tea for the garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Fruit Trees

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The greatest American who was never President

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Making dandelions palatable

Baby bok choy with tofu

The chicken and the egg

Oregon Grape Jam

Self-reliance

Defeating debt

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Energy

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Solar-powered refrigerators

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

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

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...