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Animals

The homestead cat

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Once a day milking

Building

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...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Build a graceful footbridge

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Choosing a chain saw

Farm and Garden

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Constitution of the united States of America

Catfish Biscuits

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Food and recipes

Make your own nut butters

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Cajun-baked turnip

Homemade Cottage cheese, rhubarb pie, lemon custard pudding cake, pasties, beef stew, biscuits, butter, grouse breast

Self-reliance

Power Up

Pump water for free

Preparing for winter

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Energy

Grid-down battery devices

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Battery powered weekend retreat

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

How big a gun do you need?

Just because

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...