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Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Build a homestead Copy Cart

By Charles Sanders Issue #45 • July/August, 1997 I don't know too many homesteaders, gardeners, or small farmers who haven't at one time or another wished...

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Woodbarrow

Build a Trail

Farm and Garden

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...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Propagating Plants

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Americana and History

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...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Fried chicken for breakfast

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Baked Cod with Summer Squash

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

Here are some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Self-reliance

7 Mistakes of food storage

10 country do’s and don’ts

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

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Thoughts on ammunition

How big a gun do you need?

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Politics and Commentary

Running your own business: a mother’s perspective

The state of freedom in America

If you want to take care of your health, you have to take control of your life

Common sense about burglary prevention

Animals

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,"...

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...

Finding the best dog for the country life

Bovine basics for beginners

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

The wonderful world of axes

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs from a cold frame in that it has an internal...

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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...

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