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Switch your family to goat’s milk

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 Garlic is one of our oldest herbs on record. Anyone can grow garlic...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The greatest American who was never President

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

The wonderful world of lavender

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

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...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense

The logic behind term limits and a historical perspective

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...

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

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

There’s no such thing as free land!

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown spinach, there is a world of difference between its taste...

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold weather hits. Visions of blowing and drifting snow swirl in...