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Building

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

By Suzy Lowry Geno Website Exclusive • April, 2007 I have what seems like mountains of great "fertilizer" from my barn full of English Angora rabbits....

Installing a steel roof

Build a wood crib with free materials

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a poultry killing cone

Farm and Garden

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...

The Best City Garden

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

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

Build a Composter

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Just because

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

<!-- Avian Flu How afraid of this chicken should you be? By John Silveira --> Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

Theories of the universe

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising cattle on your own place

Finding the best dog for the country life

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Tea for the garden

By Lisa Nourse We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants still need a boost throughout the growing season. We like...
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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...
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