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Animals

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

Raising Rabbits

Beekeeping basics

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 Here's the finished vanity with our unfinished dresser that will store our extra towels and linens. We've had our log...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Claw Hammers

Build a Composter

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

The summer of ’35

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Corn and nopalito salsa

Fudge macaroon pie

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Food security 101: Part 1

Self-reliance

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Take care of your knife

Energy

Water pumping windmills

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

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...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...