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Beekeeping basics

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

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Stay clear of young wild animals

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of groves of tall, leafy plants swaying gently through the air...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The added benefit of these newspaper pots is that they can...

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Black beans and rice

Ham and sausage jambalaya

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Once a day milking

Self-Reliance

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Cast iron

Stay clear of young wild animals

The fire wick fire starter

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots