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Raising cattle on your own place

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Building and stocking your pantry

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Constitution of the united States of America

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Emergency solar power for $950

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No,...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Cold weather shooting considerations

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Finally, a disaster that is guaranteed!

What kind of Americans sit on our juries?

Lessons for My Children Chapter 1

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Finding the best dog for the country life

By Anita Evangelista Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 When you're looking for a dog to fit into your country life, there are few other topics as...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There are so many different varieties that no matter where you...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of...

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're so elusive, like the leprechaun, it seems they don't exist....