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 broody birds because the behavior inhibits production. But to frugal...
Mairead’s Fabulous Flan
Recipe of the Week
Mairead's Fabulous Flan
Courtesy of
Mairead Duffy
While attending the Solar 2001 Conference in Washington, D.C., I'm staying at the home of my brother, Bill, and his wife, Mairead, and I'm eating especially well....
Build a chicken house in a day
By Anita Evangelista
Issue #136 • July/August, 2012
We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were dedicated scroungers. Three of us put up the 7x18-foot structure...
Jamaican Beef Patties
Recipe of the Week
Jamaican Beef Patties
Courtesy of
Robert McCurdy
Ingredients
Pastry
2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup solid shortening
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine
1/3 cup cold water
Meat Filling
2 tbs margarine
1 small white onion finely chopped
1/4 tsp chopped scotch bonnet...
Lessons learned from an ice storm
By Anita Evangelista
Issue #108 • November/December, 2007
The weather reports indicated ice could be coming in. It was already raining and getting chilly on that early Friday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri. Hubby and I drove...
Snapping Turtles
By Jason Akers
Issue #136 • July/August, 2012
When the first of the snapping turtles roamed the lands during the Oligocene epoch in the Tertiary period of the Cenozoic era some 40 million years ago, they...
Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs
Recipe of the Week
Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs
Courtesy of
Alicia Abbott
Ingredients
1/2 pound string beans
2-1/2 cups cooked or canned navy beans
1 medium pickling cucumber, thinly sliced
1 small red bell pepper, finely diced
2 tablespoons...
Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III
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By Annie Tuttle
Issue #147 • May/June, 2014
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Me with Brownie, Cupcake, Red Velvet, and Flan (mostly hidden).
These were our first four goats, and are all Kiko x Boer...
Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole
Recipe of the Week
Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole
Courtesy of
Mary Osterlind
Ingredients
1 pound escarole greens, chopped
4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
salt to taste
pepper to taste
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
4 slices of prosciutto, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons...
Beans for Sarah
Recipe of the Week
Beans for Sarah
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups dried pinto beans
water to soak beans
3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
12 oz....
The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms
By John Silveira
Issue #108 • November/December, 2007
I've just finished reading a fascinating book by Charles C. Mann. It's titled, 1491, and subtitled New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus. The book has turned what...
Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands
By Jennifer Stein Barker
Issue #52 • July/August, 1998
If you stand reading at the rack closest to the window, you can look up from your book to see the Strawberry Wilderness looming its wooded heights...
Home-Grown Eggs
By Allen Easterly
Issue #165 • May/June, 2017
Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at 4:00 AM by a rooster singing “cock-a-doodle-doo.” At this time...
the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools
By O. E. MacDougal
Issue #154 • July/August, 2015
There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was: we use tools, they don't. But, in the last few...
BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #139 • January/February, 2013
Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second quarter 2012. Naturally, a good time was had by all....
