Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Is that a good pig?

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Keeping fresh water in front of our livestock in the winter has always been somewhat of a problem....

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Farm and Garden

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings...

Growing Microgreens

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

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...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

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

Food and recipes

Apple butter

Canning chickens for the pantry

Making hard cider

Blanching vegetables

Self-reliance

Cash in on your household junk

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Emergency solar power for $950

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

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Guns and Hunting

Big boomer guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...