Muriel Sutherland Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

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

Once a day milking

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

Redworm farming

Self-Reliance

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Woodstove cooking

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love growing vegetables that will store well and provide that great...

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...