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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

How to maintain a dirt road

Build a deluxe barrel stove

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

Making and using a solar cooker

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Potatoes

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Flowers Brighten the Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

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

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The greatest American who was never President

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Baby bok choy with tofu

Easy raspberry jam

Self-reliance

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Storm survivors

Caveman walking stick

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Solar hot water systems

Build a community assistance recharging station

Battery powered weekend retreat

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...