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How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Goat birthing and raising kids

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice

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

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’

Magnesium and the International Criminal Court

Goat birthing and raising kids

By Jackie Clay Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice...

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

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

Where our farm animals come from

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love growing vegetables that will store well and provide that great...

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...