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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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...

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Emergency solar power for $950

Solar power for farm and ranch

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms and cold weather considerations

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...

Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

How to achieve affordable health care

Climate Change Theory: science or religion?

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

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...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Homeschooling through high school

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised. Backyard beekeeping is a lot...

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...