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Building

Shelves and benches

By David Lee Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Money doesn't buy happiness but it sure does buy a lot of stuff. If it is nice stuff...

Build a barrel stove

Make adobe bricks

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

The time-travel ad

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Building the coyote rifle

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Cold weather shooting considerations

Catch your own bait

Science

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...

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Build a poultry killing cone

Where our farm animals come from

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers — both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...
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Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and with good reason. Beans are high in vitamins A, C...
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