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Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a wood crib with free materials

Tracing a bean

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange (exchange.seedsavers.org/home) — an online...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

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...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

A healthy heart starts in the kitchen

The coffee mug knife sharpener

I heat my house by burning corn

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

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

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Firearms — Tools of rural living

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...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair

Let’s stop apologizing for guns

Goat birthing and raising kids

By Jackie Clay Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown spinach, there is a world of difference between its taste...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better, more efficient way to perform chores, especially chores that reoccurred...