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How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising cattle on your own place

Build a barrel stove

By Nick Weston Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 This stove kept me warm and provided an excellent cooking surface for more than six months while I...

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

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

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Cooking from long-term food storage

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

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

A history lesson from Ayn Rand

The chances of global disaster

Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the UN and the media

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Is that a good pig?

By Kim Dieter Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 Lean ham, roasts, chops, savory sausage, and thick slices of bacon are the reason pigs are raised at...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

By Lyle Dykes Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 Years ago when traveling on business, I looked out of the window of my motel one morning in Newport, Oregon, and noticed a little Chinese lady flipping over...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...