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Where our farm animals come from

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The best apple pie you’ll ever bake

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Caring for wounds in the field

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

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...

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

Should both drugs and guns be legal?

Body language and threat recognition

The rationale of the automatic rifle

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Buying the right emergency radio

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...