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Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Beekeeping basics

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Good-bye old friend

Building

Building and stocking your pantry

By Jackie Clay Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 At the turn of the 19th century, most country homes had a walk-in pantry, as well as a...

Shake update

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Build a ski sled

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

How to Grow Great Carrots

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

The $1 Garden

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Constitution of the united States of America

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Bean-beef casserole

Lenie in the kitchen: Hamburger and potato casserole

Nana V’s fire sauce

Zucchini with green chilies

Self-reliance

The accidental homesteader

Brood X

Your survival depends on water

Making apple pectin

Energy

Prepper power! Part 1

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Emergency solar power for $950

Build your own battery charging station

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...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

The Appleseed Project

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) ...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government

ID cards are an idea whose time should never come

How do you save freedom in America?

Armed citizens: the deterrent factor