James Ballou Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Goat birthing and raising kids

By Jackie Clay Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice...

Good-bye old friend

Raising your own beef

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-Reliance

Medicinal uses of garlic

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Keeping tools sharp

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

Farm and Garden

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we moved to New Mexico, it was in late June and...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the early spring. We tried it both ways for many years...