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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Once a day milking

Home Dairying

Building

The Forever Floor

By David Lee Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 It is pretty devious starting off an article with an exaggeration but now that I have your attention...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a pallet fence

Building Eric’s house

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,...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Constitution of the united States of America

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Barmbrack

Home canning safety tips

Cornmeal sour cream biscuits

Traditional trail foods — Transportable calories

Self-reliance

Food security 101: part 2

Fully Involved

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

The art of living in small spaces

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Build a community assistance recharging station

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The Appleseed Project

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Theories of the universe

The many benefits of garlic

Science and truth. Are they related?

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Politics and Commentary

Paying for social security with worthless $

ID cards are an idea whose time should never come

Analyzing Obama on guns

Finally, a disaster that is guaranteed!

Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

By Jackie Clay Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 If you think milk and beef are expensive in the grocery store, then you should think about raising...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Animal disease traceability

Finding the best dog for the country life

Self-Reliance

Caveman walking stick

Power Up

Cash in on your household junk

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Farm and Garden

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...

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Tracing a bean

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange (exchange.seedsavers.org/home) — an online seed-savers trading post of sorts — looking for squash seeds....

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