Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

The homestead cat

Is that a good pig?

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

Build your own log home in the woods

By Jackie Clay (Photos by Bill Spaulding and Jackie Clay) Issue #72 • November/December, 2001 This is the third part of a three-part series. The first two parts...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Renovating old walls

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I...

Growing and Using Peppers

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Blueberry Cash Crop

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

The summer of ’35

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

The time-travel ad

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Bread pudding

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Basic chicken broth

Irish coffee

Self-reliance

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Drive your own freshwater well

Small camp security

Food security 101

Energy

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Reload your own brass

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...