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Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Build a homestead Copy Cart

By Charles Sanders Issue #45 • July/August, 1997 I don't know too many homesteaders, gardeners, or small farmers who haven't at one time or another wished...

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

How safe is your electric fence?

Build a portable woodstove for $30

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...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Buy your country place from the government

Build your own battery charging station

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Generators alone are not enough

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

(and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) By Charles Wood Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 Back in the early 1990s the outlook for the...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...

A brief history of health and medicine

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Why oil and other fossil fuels are good

My View: Three Cheers for Free Enterprise

Tackling the real problems that face us

Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?

Goat birthing and raising kids

By Jackie Clay Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice...

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...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Your survival depends on water

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have for hundreds of years grown potatoes above ground in straw...

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...