Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Building

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

By David Lee Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 The reflected image in the mirrored letters give a "see-through" illusion to the sign and the tree. Stained glass...

Stairs — The next level

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Building and stocking your pantry

Farm and Garden

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Okra — Not Just for the South

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Pita bread

Raspberry Pears with Chocolate Sauce

Chicken Enchiladas

Hamentaschen

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Simplifying simplicity

Garden injuries

How to make money from storage building auctions

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

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

Making and using a solar cooker

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Picking a holster

Building the coyote rifle

Choose your ammo… police style

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...