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Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 I should have been a mole — it feels so safe and cool and quiet to be underground....

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Constitution of the united States of America

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

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...

Science and truth. Are they related?

The false argument about defending our freedom

The Informed Juror — How an informed jury helps safeguard liberty

Paying for social security with worthless $

The Government gorilla in our home

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...

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries native to Europe and North America, along with some developed...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...