Frannie Burdette Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

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

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Bottle-raise a calf

By Jackie Clay Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 If you think milk and beef are expensive in the grocery store, then you should think about raising...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I have a lot of "old reliable" varieties that I grow...

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

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're so elusive, like the leprechaun, it seems they don't exist....

Frannie Burdette

Czarist Chicken Salad

Animals

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

Bottle-raise a calf

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Home Dairying

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

Swedish log candle

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Avoiding heat illness

Farm and Garden

Saving Seeds

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