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Raising your own beef for your family

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Paring down for off-grid living

What to do when there’s no doctor

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...

Training for the Boston Marathon

Personal guns getting to be in style

Should we scrap our ‘old’ Constitution?

Finding the best dog for the country life

By Anita Evangelista Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 When you're looking for a dog to fit into your country life, there are few other topics as...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Learning to love the high desert

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply is a primary objective. To that end, some consideration will...