Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Redworm farming

Building

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

By Don Lewis In 1874, a United States patent (#157,124) was issued to Joseph F. Glidden, a long-serving sheriff in DeKalb County, Illinois. His invention...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

Blueberry Cash Crop

By Ed Mashburn Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 My almost two-year-old grandson loves blueberries. Put a bowl of those round blue jewels in front of him,...

Tracing a bean

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

The Home Citrus Orchard

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

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...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Food and recipes

Humble stew

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Elegant desserts for entertaining

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

Self-reliance

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Start a post-construction cleaning business

There’s no such thing as free land!

Energy

Energy class: Part 1

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

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

Solar power trailer Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Tailoring guns to females

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

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...