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Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Beekeeping basics

The homestead cat

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

This coop is for the birds

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 You can buy a dozen eggs at the supermarket for 99 cents, or you can go out to...

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Choosing a chain saw

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Farm and Garden

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out....

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Caring for your chickens in winter

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Constitution of the united States of America

The time-travel ad

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

Hearty breakfast fillets

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

Nanny B’s benne bake

Bean-beef casserole

Self-reliance

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Avoiding heat illness

Fully Involved

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Solar Food Drying

How to select the right backup generator

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Just because

Science

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

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

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Politics and Commentary

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

The false argument about defending our freedom

Can America be Saved from Stupid People?

10 traits for better living

Animals

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Home Dairying

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Raising your own beef for your family

Self-Reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Homestead helpers

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Farm and Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and with good reason. Beans are high in vitamins A, C...

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Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None of those flimsy, store bought cotton things for us. Our...

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