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Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

The house that Dorothy built

Stairs — The next level

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Farm and Garden

Blueberry Cash Crop

By Ed Mashburn Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 My almost two-year-old grandson loves blueberries. Put a bowl of those round blue jewels in front of him,...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The vanishing outhouse

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

How to tell a bad egg

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Grandma’s persimmon pudding

Green Shrimp Soup

Self-reliance

10 ways to make money on your land

I heat my house by burning corn

Choosing a chain saw

City boy, country boy

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar-powered chicken coop

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Canning game meat

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...