Joe Radabaugh Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Is that a good pig?

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Self-Reliance

Buy your country place from the government

Tips for finding your affordable home

Power your bug-out bag

A guide to buying silver and gold

Farm and Garden

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish to make it. One of the easiest ways...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 Year after year we start seeds, till the ground, plant, weed, harvest, then tear it all out at the end of the season. It's a lot of work,...