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How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

A house a tornado helped build

By Robert L. Williams Issue #16 • July/August, 1992 On May 5, 1989, tornadoes ripped through parts of three western North Carolina counties, including ours, and...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Constitution of the united States of America

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...

Science and truth. Are they related?

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Introducing the international tax cartel

Body language and threat recognition

Should we scrap our ‘old’ Constitution?

The Coming American Dictatorship revisited

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

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...

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Advice from second-time homesteaders

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries native to Europe and North America, along with some developed...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...