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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Farm and Garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Companion Planting

Growing Productive Strawberries

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

The summer of ’35

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Creamy white bean soup with kale

Chicken Enchiladas

Garlic – the glorious bulb

Mac’s lamb curry bake

Self-reliance

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

The accidental homesteader

Fire resistant property

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Solar suitcase

Battery powered weekend retreat

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Moderate power firearms

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Firearms — Tools of rural living

How big a gun do you need?

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The coming ice age

The coming ice age

Testing Soil

Politics and Commentary

When “good” laws are bad

Three honest words: “I don’t know”

If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?

Avoiding legal traps

Animals

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Beekeeping basics

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Bovine basics for beginners

Self-Reliance

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Circle of friends

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

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to play video games at the mall. And one of the...

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Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...

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