Steven Heckeroth Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Once a day milking

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

Self-Reliance

Cold process goat milk soap

Paring down for off-grid living

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...