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Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

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

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....

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Grow some winter squash this year

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Tahini — A health food par-excellence

Elegant desserts for entertaining

What to do when there’s no doctor

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Is it time for an education revolution?

Working for a dad who works at home

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The added benefit of these newspaper pots is that they can...