Steve Maxwell Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

By Dynah Geissal Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year's work and of sadness...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Self-Reliance

Start your food storage on $10 a week

How to maintain your chimney

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Saving money on the homestead

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely curled up next to the woodstove with a mug of...

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things after all these years. One of the most valuable things...