Publisher's Note Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising your own beef for your family

Self-Reliance

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Farm and Garden

Plant Once Harvest for Years

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 Year after year we start seeds, till the ground, plant, weed, harvest, then tear it all out at the end of the season. It's a lot of work,...

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...