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Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Feeding large families without breaking the bank

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Solar power for farm and ranch

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Choose your ammo… police style

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

A brief history of health and medicine

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

Reaching for the stars during a recession

Running your own business: a mother’s perspective

Biological & chemical terrorism

Is that a good pig?

By Kim Dieter Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 Lean ham, roasts, chops, savory sausage, and thick slices of bacon are the reason pigs are raised at...

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Raising your own beef for your family

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Advice from second-time homesteaders

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn Income

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler, brandling, or manure worms) to break down organic matter such...