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Where our farm animals come from

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

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this,...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

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....

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

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

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

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Build a community assistance recharging station

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

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

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...

Running your own business: a mother’s perspective

Is the Mainstream Media Finally Recognizing How the War on Drugs is Destroying Our Rights?

The media’s treatment of blacks makes their socialist bias obvious

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

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

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

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

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the early spring. We tried it both ways for many years...