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Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

How to maintain a dirt road

By Marjorie Burris Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 It is our job to maintain two and one half miles of dirt road if we want to...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Defending against terroristic mass murder

Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?

The Coming American Dictatorship Part XII — The militarization of America’s police forces

Once a day milking

By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

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

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together so fiercely as we did during World War II. We...

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and...