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    Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

    By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some very efficient tools. Yet, perhaps because of their appreciation of...
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    Bob’s basic breads for beginners, bachelors, barbarians, and backwoodsmen

    By Bob Van Putten Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 I reckon it takes a lot of gall for me to write about bread because compared to my wife I’ll never be anything but a rank amateur...
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    Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

    By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our root cellar where they will keep for up to six...
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    Building a $3,000 Barn

    By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were no exception. But before we could get any livestock, we...
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    Animals

    Bovine basics for beginners

    By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

    Slaughtering and Butchering

    By Dynah Geissal Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year's work and of sadness...

    Raising Rabbits

    Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

    Animal disease traceability

    Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

    Self-Reliance

    Farm and Garden

    How to Grow Garlic

    By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy to store. Garlic is one of the most commonly used...
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    For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

    By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time went by, I found other reasons (or should I say...
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