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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...

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...

Goat birthing and raising kids

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

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

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

By Alice B. Yeager Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese persimmon known as the Fuyugaki variety. Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 There's not one of us who...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in the early 1500s were taken back to Italy. Today, many...

Health

Vitamins D and K — way more important than you thought

Animals

Beekeeping basics

The homestead cat

Once a day milking

Goat birthing and raising kids

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

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

Self-Reliance

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

The Trigger Line

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Farm and Garden

Fruit Trees

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop