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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Beekeeping basics

Is that a good pig?

Building

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

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...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking

Potato Bread

Butterpeas

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-reliance

Defeating debt

The joys of making soap

Cast iron

Building and stocking your pantry

Energy

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Keep the Ice On

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Solar-powered refrigerators

Guns and Hunting

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...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Air power superiority

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...