Lisa LaFreniere Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

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...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Slaughtering and Butchering

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Home Dairying

Self-Reliance

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

Advice from second-time homesteaders

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Garden injuries Part 2

Farm and Garden

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...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our root cellar where they will keep for up to six...