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Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building and Using Wattle Fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

The $1 Garden

By Jonathan Nunan Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 The dollar garden is simple in concept: buy as many seeds as you can for one dollar and...

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Homeschooling through high school

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

A brief history of health and medicine

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’

Armed civilians can help fight terrorism

A reason for the Second Amendment

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There are so many different varieties that no matter where you...