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Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

A house a tornado helped build

By Robert L. Williams Issue #16 • July/August, 1992 On May 5, 1989, tornadoes ripped through parts of three western North Carolina counties, including ours, and...

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

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...

The greatest American who was never President

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

The convenience of a bread bucket

Comfort foods of Ireland – hearty recipes from Grandma’s old file box

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Flea market stories and strategies

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Just how good of a bet are those lotto tickets?

The chances of global disaster

The ‘Curious Guy’ and the ‘Offended Woman’

The black man’s worst enemy is not racism

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Where our farm animals come from

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

A young couple moves to the country

Buy your country place from the government

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

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...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet. For the past five years or so, I have read...