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A contrary guide to feeding animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Make adobe bricks

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Last winter I got a phone call from an old friend in Arizona. One of his sons...

Gabion walls for form and function

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...

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Learning to love the high desert

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

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...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask

The Electoral College — How we elect the President

Once a day milking

By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

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...

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Finding the best dog for the country life

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large or small varieties. Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 When we dig in...

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely curled up next to the woodstove with a mug of...