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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...

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

Raising cattle on your own place

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

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...

Marcella Shaffer

Home Dairying

Solar Food Drying

Animals

The homestead cat

Build a poultry killing cone

Bottle-raise a calf

Raising cattle on your own place

Raising your own beef

Slaughtering and Butchering

Self-Reliance

The community treasure chest

Keeping tools sharp

Make a quilt out of Levis

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Farm and Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

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