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Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 When I bought 10 dry barren "affordable" acres back in 1981 I got what I paid for: No...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

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

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

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

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...

Constitution of the united States of America

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Stuffed Mushrooms – Greek Style

Turn your passion into a business

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Is steam power in your future?

Solar power for farm and ranch

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

My View: Gaining an appreciation for risk

How do you save freedom in America?

Three honest words: “I don’t know”

Finally, a disaster that is guaranteed!

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Where our farm animals come from

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising cattle on your own place

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

How to organize an outdoor canning party

A guide to buying silver and gold

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn Income

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler, brandling, or manure worms) to break down organic matter such...

Love Those Green Beans

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Anyone with some gardening space, a sunny location, and good loamy soil with pH 6.0-7.5 can grow snap beans. With some good recipes, you'll have people begging...