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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

The homestead cat

Building

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

Build your own log home in the woods

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Americana and History

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

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

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Homemade pizza

Cherries and Chocolate Cake

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Southern mint julep

Self-reliance

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Energy

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Solar hot water systems

Hydronic woodstoves

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Building the coyote rifle

Firearms — Tools of rural living

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...