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Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Build a chicken house in a day

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

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...

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

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...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?

Defending against terroristic mass murder

Is that a good pig?

By Kim Dieter Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 Lean ham, roasts, chops, savory sausage, and thick slices of bacon are the reason pigs are raised at...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply is a primary objective. To that end, some consideration will...

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself...