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Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Grow some winter squash this year

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

A few favorite recipes and books

Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Buy your country place from the government

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...

Science and truth. Are they related?

If you want to take care of your health, you have to take control of your life

Armed civilians can help fight terrorism

Biological & chemical terrorism

That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters in earthen berms to irrigation via "aquaduct," it seemed incredible...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...