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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Switch your family to goat’s milk

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Getting logs

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • March, 2004 Online Exclusive April 2003 Attention: Would-be loggers. There have been changes in policy at the United States Forest Service...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method...

Growing Productive Strawberries

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Constitution of the united States of America

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Battery powered weekend retreat

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

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...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Running your own business: a mother’s perspective

Terrorism in America — The armed citizen’s view

Confessions of a former liberal

Just how good of a bet are those lotto tickets?

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Raising your own beef for your family

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

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

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop. After all, they give us a wide variety of products. Many...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to plant. When spring arrives you'll be ready. Spring is the best...