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Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Raising cattle on your own place

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Claw Hammers

By R.E. Rawlinson Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle observed that “Man is a tool using animal … without tools he is nothing, with tools...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Woodbarrow

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Growing Productive Strawberries

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

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

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Healthy holiday munchies — Guaranteed to take the sneak out of snacking

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

Fermented dill pickles

Self-reliance

Storing dry foods

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

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Call me plumber

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Solar-powered refrigerators

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: Trees

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Testing Soil

Politics and Commentary

Remembering a decade of BHM

Reflections on the Second Amendment

My View: Three Cheers for Free Enterprise

Body language and threat recognition

Animals

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

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...

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Raising Rabbits

Animal disease traceability

Self-Reliance

Cleaning a well

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Choosing a chain saw

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Farm and Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...

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Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only in fooling those pesky pests who thrive on fruits and...

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