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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Build your own repeating mouse trap

By Allen Easterly Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Safety note: Because of drowning danger, 5-gallon buckets with any amount of water in them should never be...

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Building and stocking your pantry

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Constitution of the united States of America

My garden — A springboard of food, pleasure, and history

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

10 ways to make money on your land

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

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...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

A brief history of health and medicine

In time of war — The Israeli answer to terrorism

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

Can an understanding of math and statistics save America’s freedoms?

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

By Karen McGeorge Sanders Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 It seems that farmers always need an extra pair of hands, but finding the money to pay...

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...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Learning to love the high desert

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

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 produced, so when I eventually acquired property in Montana, I...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...