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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Where our farm animals come from

Bottle-raise a calf

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Solar Building Design

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Testing Soil

The Potato Hole

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Catfish Biscuits

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Solar Food Drying

Grandma’s persimmon pudding

How to make kombucha

Indian Fry Bread

Self-reliance

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Better wood heating

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

Just because

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Picking a holster

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

The many benefits of garlic

The world is ending! … Again?

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

Just how good of a bet are those lotto tickets?

Is the Mainstream Media Finally Recognizing How the War on Drugs is Destroying Our Rights?

Common sense about burglary prevention

Understanding the gun debate, part 1