Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Beekeeping basics

Raising rabbits for profit

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build Your Own Car Wash

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 Completed car wash in operation If someone told me a year ago that I would have a...

A cabin for one

New invention— The Fencerunner

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

This coop is for the birds

Farm and Garden

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

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

The Potato Hole

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Garden Spaces for Small Places

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Grandpa’s justice

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

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Red flannel hash

Orange Chiffon Cake

Tomato and coriander salad

Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Survival firebuilding skills

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Energy

Build your own battery charging station

Add solar power to your truck camper

Generators alone are not enough

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

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...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Big boomer guns

Firearms — Tools of rural living

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Politics and Commentary

Can America be Saved from Stupid People?

Defending against terrorists

If you want to take care of your health, you have to take control of your life

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?