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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Where our farm animals come from

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

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...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Build your own battery charging station

Add solar power to your truck camper

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Big boomer guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

Science and truth. Are they related?

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

How do you save freedom in America?

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Raising your own beef for your family

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Goat birthing and raising kids

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and...

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I have a lot of "old reliable" varieties that I grow...