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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Brooder in a box

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Get to know your spiders

Building

How to Install a Steel Roof

By Morgan Barker  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 Steel roofing isn't just for factories and barns...

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Sweet Potato Greens

Love Those Green Beans

Companion Planting

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Catfish Biscuits

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Moroccan mint tea

Hamentaschen

Vegetarian pies

Ten Marinades For Summer

Self-reliance

Stay clear of young wild animals

Caveman walking stick

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Circle of friends

Energy

Job site solar power

Solar power trailer Part 2

Solar Building Design

Solar Food Drying

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...