Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Raising your own beef for your family

The homestead cat

Building

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

The house that Dorothy built

Install rafters alone the easy way

New invention— The Fencerunner

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm and Garden

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Growing Strawberries

Build Your Own Hoop House

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

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

Food and recipes

Homemade pizza

Hearty stews for the soul

Grandma’s persimmon pudding

Zucchini custard pie

Self-reliance

Make a quilt out of Levis

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Homemade skin care products

Fire resistant property

Energy

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Is steam power in your future?

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

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

Affordable firearms

Picking a holster

How big a gun do you need?

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...