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Raising cattle on your own place

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Shelves and benches

By David Lee Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Money doesn't buy happiness but it sure does buy a lot of stuff. If it is nice stuff...

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Growing Productive Strawberries

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Drive your own freshwater well

Tips for finding your affordable home

Is steam power in your future?

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

A brief history of health and medicine

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Training for the Boston Marathon

Dealing with Liberals and History

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

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...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Paring down for off-grid living

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised. Backyard beekeeping is a lot...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method we've come up with in the past few thousand years...