John Moody 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...

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

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

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...

The $1 Garden

By Jonathan Nunan Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 The dollar garden is simple in concept: buy as many seeds as you can for one dollar and harvest as much food as possible from the plants you...

John Moody

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Animals

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

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

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising rabbits for profit

Home Dairying

Brooder in a box

Self-Reliance

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

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

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Farm and Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

The $1 Garden