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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

The Forever Floor

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Solar Building Design

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

The Home Citrus Orchard

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Constitution of the united States of America

Remembering what grandma used

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Hot Artichoke Dip

Succulent venison stew

Mint julep non-alcoholic

Ginger beer

Self-reliance

How to maintain your chimney

Buy your country place from the government

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Preparing for civil unrest

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

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

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...