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It is difficult to see our parents advancing in age. The same two people who raised you and did their best to provide a comfortable home,...

The stomach flu—you know, that queasy, rolling in the gut that sneaks up on you and makes you run for that little room. We have all...

The obvious first choice for fresh eggs and poultry on a small homestead is chickens, and they are popular, easy to care for, and fun to...

We finally had a dry weekend in the mid-Atlantic region—time to do some yard work and clean up the summer garden. There is not too much...

If you didn’t watch the highest-rated cable television series in the summer of 2011, it is probably because you ditched TV a long time ago, you...

Though anyone who can do simple math should have seen it coming decades ago, both the media and many in Washington are wringing their hands as...

I confess… I’m not a packrat by nature, despite what my office looks like. My mother-in-law and husband, however, have taken saving things for later use...

James Garfield was an ex-Civil War hero, and his experience in war had left him a fatalist. Not long after he was elected president, he told...

The ability to grow your own food in the absence of commercial fertilizers or garden store cheats could someday make the difference between life and death....

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our regular Sunday column was not available. And while this article may not be the typical fare we run on Sundays, its...