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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Making and using a solar cooker

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

Sweet Potato Greens

Propagating Plants

Home-Grown Eggs

Testing Soil

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

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

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Ham and sausage jambalaya

Here are some tasty ways to use those end-of-season green tomatoes

Can your own tomato products

Self-reliance

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Making maple syrup

Bartering for bad times

Energy

Solar power trailer Part 2

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

The Appleseed Project

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Choose your ammo… police style

Science

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...