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Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Building and stocking your pantry

How to make money from storage building auctions

Solar system codes — Build it right!

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Is steam power in your future?

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

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

Firearms — Tools of rural living

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

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...

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

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Confessions of a former liberal

Armed citizens: the deterrent factor

My View: Grand Theory vs. Stark Reality

Book Review: Guns Save Lives — True Stories of Americans Defending Their Lives with Firearms

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

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...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

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

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at 4:00 AM by a rooster singing “cock-a-doodle-doo.” At this time...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown spinach, there is a world of difference between its taste...