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Animals

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

By Charles Sanders Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Drying of food as a means of preservation has been around for a long time. Populations in suitably...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

How to Install a Steel Roof

Rural Building

Build Your Own Hoop House

Farm and Garden

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method...

The Home Citrus Orchard

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Flowers Brighten the Garden

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

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Grandma’s persimmon pudding

Española eggs

Lentil and meat stew

Peloponnesian Pot Roast

Self-reliance

Caring for wounds in the field

Defeating debt

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Power Up

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Use the right ammunition!

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Picking a holster

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...