Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Brooder in a box

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

Building

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

By Robert E. Kramer Issue #42 • November/December, 1996 Materials 1 propane or butane torch or campfire to heat up metal rod. 1 steel rod at...

Build a pallet fence

Install rafters alone the easy way

Gabion walls for form and function

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

The Best City Garden

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...

Remembering what grandma used

The greatest American who was never President

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Tomato and basil sauce

Pita bread

Indian Fry Bread

Blunt family chili

Self-reliance

Make a quilt out of Levis

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

10 country do’s and don’ts

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

Energy

Emergency solar power for $950

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Job site solar power

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

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...