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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build a Groundhog Snare

By Allen Easterly Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 In just a few minutes your completed snare is ready to put an end to your groundhog woes....

How safe is your electric fence?

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

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...

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

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...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Build a community assistance recharging station

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Choose your ammo… police style

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

Can America be Saved from Stupid People?

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

How to make money from storage building auctions

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange (exchange.seedsavers.org/home) — an online seed-savers trading post of sorts — looking for squash seeds....

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 from a cold frame in that it has an internal...