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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising cattle on your own place

How to build a good fence for your homestead

By Charles Sanders Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 One of the basic fixtures on a homestead...

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Banana, blueberry, and peach scones

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

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

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Cold weather shooting considerations

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Fake lawsuits, stacked juries, and LAWYERS!

Body language and threat recognition

My View: Jury duty: The charge was rape

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Raising cattle on your own place

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Medical kits for self-reliant families

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything you could need and with online shopping, you don’t even...

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the Fall

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between our fingers. And so, while most avid gardeners let Mother...