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Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

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

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

In search of the perfect cup of coffee

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

How to shoot a handgun accurately

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...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s execution

Can the U.N. Ban America’s Guns?

The Newtown atrocity and “gun control”

Once a day milking

By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

Is that a good pig?

By Kim Dieter Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 Lean ham, roasts, chops, savory sausage, and thick slices of bacon are the reason pigs are raised at...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Finding the best dog for the country life

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

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in. But a whole lot of folks,...