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Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

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

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Companion Planting

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

Women and guns

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The light at the end of the gun

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

<!-- Avian Flu How afraid of this chicken should you be? By John Silveira --> Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

The world is ending! … Again?

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Politics and Commentary

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,"...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Brooder in a box

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Home Dairying

The homestead cat

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but you can grow a home "backyard" orchard of oranges, lemons,...
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Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...
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