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Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Bottle-raise a calf

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

Redworm farming

Building

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Build a chicken tractor

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Building your chicken coop

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Farm and Garden

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Saving Seeds

Naughty Peppers

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....

The summer of ’35

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

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food and recipes

Bread — The staff of life

Chicken San Francisco

Dragon’s breath chili

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

Self-reliance

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Start a fire in any weather

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Make your own firestarters

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...