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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build your own repeating mouse trap

By Allen Easterly Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Safety note: Because of drowning danger, 5-gallon buckets with any amount of water in them should never be...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Jackie’s Garden Primer

By Jackie Clay Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 The birds are singing. The sunshine makes the day feel soft and warm. The soil is mellow and...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Constitution of the united States of America

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Battery powered weekend retreat

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Homemade bread: a metaphor for life

Which is better, a small town or city?

The Coming American Dictatorship Part XII — The militarization of America’s police forces

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

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

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Where our farm animals come from

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Drive your own freshwater well

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

There’s no such thing as free land!

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold weather hits. Visions of blowing and drifting snow swirl in...

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we moved to New Mexico, it was in late June and...