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A contrary guide to feeding animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

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

Making and using a solar cooker

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Add solar power to your truck camper

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

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...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...

Every group needs a black sheep

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

The coffee mug knife sharpener

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my own plants from seeds. One of my favorite winter pastimes...