Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Brooder in a box

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Good-bye old friend

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Woodbarrow

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Building Eric’s house

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

Farm and Garden

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 A new electric fence attached to older traditional wood fencing More and more people are turning to...

Growing and Using Peppers

The Home Citrus Orchard

Pruning Blueberries

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Irish coffee

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Successful cold storage

Pita bread

Self-reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Energy

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Solar-powered chicken coop

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Prepper power! Part 2

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...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Canning game meat

Cold weather shooting considerations

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...