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A contrary guide to feeding animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Building and stocking your pantry

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

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

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

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...

Science and truth. Are they related?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

Lessons for My Children Chapter 1

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Start your food storage on $10 a week

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal soil is a loose sandy loam with plenty of humus...