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Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Q. We have just purchased 15 acres, and our question is how to install our septic system, how...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Making and using a solar cooker

Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Constitution of the united States of America

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

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

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

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...

A brief history of health and medicine

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Biological & chemical terrorism

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...

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...