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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a poultry killing cone

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Three Raised Bed Designs

Farm and Garden

Garden Spaces for Small Places

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. Minnie Aumonier Yes, and if...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Gardening for Treasure

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Propagating Grapes

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Grandpa’s justice

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Crabapple jelly

Succulent venison stew

Cheddar Breakfast Pizza

Self-reliance

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Storm survivors

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Cold process goat milk soap

Energy

Dim bulbs in California

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Water pumping windmills

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Thoughts on ammunition

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Science

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

Gee-Whiz: Time

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The world is ending! … Again?

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

Defending your lifestyle

Defending against terroristic mass murder

Confessions of a former liberal

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Animal disease traceability

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Raising rabbits for profit

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

Wash day

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

I heat my house by burning corn

Cast iron

Farm and Garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things after all these years. One of the most valuable things...

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Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in the early 1500s were taken back to Italy. Today, many...

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