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Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop garden—one that keeps you busy from dawn until...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Saving Seeds

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Catfish Biscuits

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The summer of ’35

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Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

Building the coyote rifle

Just because

Reload your own brass

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...

The world is ending! … Again?

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

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

Raising cattle on your own place

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...
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Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests are needed because some plants prefer slightly acidic soil, while...
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