A contrary guide to feeding animals
A contrary guide to feeding animals By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have the correct recipe for feeding your animals. I … Continue reading
Oregon Trail preparedness
Oregon Trail preparedness What supplies did the settlers carry? By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American history. But like any other … Continue reading
My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster
My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster By Dave Duffy Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 There are lots of news stories these days about socialism’s rise in the United States, especially among the young and admirers of newly elected … Continue reading
Growing microgreens
Growing microgreens By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself craving fresh … Continue reading
Foraging for wild berries
Foraging for wild berries By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 I had just posted a photo online of some wild berries I was going to preserve, when suddenly I was inundated with messages: “Are those really safe to … Continue reading
How to resurrect old, rusted tools
How to resurrect old, rusted tools By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the tractor, and build various pens and coops. We … Continue reading
Hügelkultur for the homestead
Hügelkultur for the homestead By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s basically a method of recycling junk wood to make a … Continue reading
Backwoods Home Magazine is once again a print magazine
Backwoods Home Magazine is now a print magazine after a one-year hiatus as a digital-only publication. The person who is making this possible is my son, Sam Duffy, who will assume the role of publisher…Continue reading
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Build a pallet fence
Build a pallet fence By Clay Sawyer Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now I know for a fact that I would rather dig … Continue reading
Khaki Campbell ducks
Khaki Campbell ducks The other egg layer By Amanda J. Kemp Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Spring brings the pitter-patter of little feet in the mud, games of tag, and raucous quacks. While traditional advice would have you with a … Continue reading
Weapons training for winter nights
Weapons training for winter nights Movie review By Claire Wolfe Website Exclusive • September, 2006 During the dreary winter months our shooting skills may get so rusty they creak. Paladin Press, famous purveyor of books on weaponry and combat, … Continue reading
Harvesting the wild: Acorns
Harvesting the wild:Acorns By Jackie Clay Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 When I was just a little girl, I used to collect acorns by the boxfull as they fell in the fall. I didn’t know why. They just felt nice … Continue reading
A brief history of health and medicine
A brief history of health and medicine By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today it is 77. Fifty years ago, the … Continue reading
Polish Chicken
Recipe of the Week Polish Chicken Ingredients 1 roasting Chicken, cut up, at room temperature 3/4 cup Flour 2 Eggs 1 cup unflavored Breadcrumbs 3 Tbsp. Water 2 cups Sour Cream 5 Tbsp. Butter Salt and Pepper Method Place flour … Continue reading