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Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

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

Making and using a solar cooker

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

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

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Buy your country place from the government

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

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

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...

Guns, suicide prevention, and backwoods lifestyles

The rationale of the automatic rifle

Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s execution

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

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

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding the best dog for the country life

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

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...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...