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Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

By Lyle Dykes Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 Years ago when traveling on business, I looked out of the window of my motel one morning in...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

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...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Stay clear of young wild animals

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

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...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Is it time for an education revolution?

The burglar does far more than steal!

Lessons for My Children Chapter 1

Our energy crisis Part 3 — Alternative energy resources for the nation and for the self-reliant

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

By Amanda J. Kemp Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Spring brings the pitter-patter of little feet in the mud, games of tag, and raucous quacks. While...

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...

Raising your own beef for your family

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

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Drawing the line on timber trespass

By Alice B. Yeager Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese persimmon known as the Fuyugaki variety. Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 There's not one of us who...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up. They fussed with it a bit, but couldn't get it...