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Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Build a poultry killing cone

Animal disease traceability

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #43 • January/February, 1997 I know that there are a lot of really fine products available for turning logs into lumber,...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

How safe is your electric fence?

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Farm and Garden

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 A new electric fence attached to older traditional wood fencing More and more people are turning to...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Propagating Plants

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

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...

The time-travel ad

The barnyard scramble

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Dehydrating eggs at home

Turkey the old-fashioned way

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking

Self-reliance

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Swedish log candle

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Energy

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Solar power trailer Part 2

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

(and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) By Charles Wood Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 Back in the early 1990s the outlook for the...