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A contrary guide to feeding animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Make adobe bricks

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Last winter I got a phone call from an old friend in Arizona. One of his sons...

Gabion walls for form and function

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

A house a tornado helped build

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...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot

Modify your oven to bake great bread

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Add solar power to your truck camper

Is steam power in your future?

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

(and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) By Charles Wood Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 Back in the early 1990s the outlook for the...

Cold weather shooting considerations

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...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster

Dealing with Liberals and History

Where our farm animals come from

Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising your own beef for your family

Making a great rug from the rag bag

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

I heat my house by burning corn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...