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Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

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

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

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...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The greatest American who was never President

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Justice Breyer is wrong about the 2nd Amendment

Can the U.N. Ban America’s Guns?

Every group needs a black sheep

A history lesson from Ayn Rand

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

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...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Goat birthing and raising kids

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

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

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

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...