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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...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 If you are prudish, narrow-minded or puritanical, read no further as this article may offend you. If, however, you enjoy a good laugh...

Tea for the garden

By Lisa Nourse We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants still need a boost throughout the growing season. We like...

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Your survival depends on water

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Self-Reliance

Disaster preparation!

The Trigger Line

Power your bug-out bag

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Farm and Garden

Naughty Peppers

Tea for the garden