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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

By Dynah Geissal Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 When we moved to our land in the summer of 1994, we were fortunate that open grazing exists...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Building and using wattle fences

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Buy your country place from the government

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

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

Is steam power in your future?

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

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

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Why you may want to get a stress test

Is it time for an education revolution?

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

How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry

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...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself...

Propagating Grapes

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...