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Raising your own beef for your family

Build a chicken tractor

By Connie Rabun Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 In the beginning we had chickens...and no coop! Any homesteader knows that the number one rule is to...

New invention— The Fencerunner

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Small engine maintenance for women

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Growing Productive Strawberries

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

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...

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Constitution of the united States of America

Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Cold weather shooting considerations

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...

Guns, suicide prevention, and backwoods lifestyles

Stumbling over your own stupidity

Is it time for an education revolution?

Get to know your spiders

By Jerry Hourigan Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Every landowner and homeowner creates the perfect environment for spiders. Not intentionally, of course, but spiders seem to...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Garden Spaces for Small Places

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. Minnie Aumonier Yes, and if your budget is lean and you want something green, there's...

Flowers Brighten the Garden

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...