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Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

How safe is your electric fence?

Gabion walls for form and function

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

The greatest American who was never President

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

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

There’s no such thing as free land!

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Generators alone are not enough

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The tenuous hold of honesty in modern America

Armed civilians can help fight terrorism

Guns Save Lives Chapter 1: Point Blank

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Where our farm animals come from

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they produced, so when I eventually acquired property in Montana, I...