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Animals

Get to know your spiders

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Home Dairying

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Small engine maintenance for women

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

The $1 Garden

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

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Grow some winter squash this year

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...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The greatest American who was never President

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food and recipes

German green beans

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Skillet Spanish rice

Self-reliance

How to make money from storage building auctions

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Homeschooling through high school

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Waterpower for personal use

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...