Making a Living Archives - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

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

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

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

Self-Reliance

Food security 101: part 2

Foraging for wild berries

Essential oils

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Farm and Garden

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I have a lot of "old reliable" varieties that I grow...

Tea for the garden

By Lisa Nourse We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants still need a boost throughout the growing season. We like...