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Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising your own beef for your family

Adventures with a portable sawmill

By Pat Barden Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 I was raised in the suburbs and spent most of my adult life living in apartments and houses...

Gabion walls for form and function

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Build a community assistance recharging station

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Firearms — Tools of rural living

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

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

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Climate Change Theory: science or religion?

The Informed Juror — How an informed jury helps safeguard liberty

Looking back on 20 years of BHM

Finally, a disaster that is guaranteed!

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Bottle-raise a calf

By Jackie Clay Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 If you think milk and beef are expensive in the grocery store, then you should think about raising...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out. Every year there is almost one scrap tire created for...