Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Raising Rabbits

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Choosing a chain saw

Shelves and benches

Farm and Garden

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

Fruit Trees

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The time-travel ad

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

Food and recipes

Asparagus au gratin

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Chicken and dumpling stew

Basic chicken broth

Self-reliance

Tips for finding your affordable home

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Waterpower for personal use

Prepper power! Part 1

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...