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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Get to know your spiders

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

The homestead cat

Building

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

Build your own log home in the woods

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Three Raised Bed Designs

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Okra — Not Just for the South

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Jackie’s Garden Primer

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

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...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The greatest American who was never President

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

How to tell a bad egg

Green Shrimp Soup

Moroccan mint tea

More tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

A guide to buying silver and gold

Cut your grocery bill in half

Start a fire in any weather

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Guns and Hunting

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Picking a holster

Of guns and snakes

The time for modern; the time for traditional

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...