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Goat birthing and raising kids

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

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this,...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

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...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Battery powered weekend retreat

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

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

Guns Save Lives Chapter 1: Point Blank

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

By John Silveira Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 What would happen if all the honeybees disappeared? According to some pundits we'd see a collapse in much...

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...

Raising cattle on your own place

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

A contrary guide to feeding animals

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

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

Start a post-construction cleaning business

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they produced, so when I eventually acquired property in Montana, I...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved Water Quality, You...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement at my practice of spreading animal manure as a fertilizer....