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Animals

Home Dairying

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #50 Mar/Apr 1998 BHM readers are familiar with Dorothy Ainsworth, the log home-building Ashland, Oregon, waitress who spent more than six years...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Build a deluxe barrel stove

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Choosing a chain saw

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

Fruit Trees

Companion Planting

Slug Zapper

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

The summer of ’35

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

Grandpa’s justice

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Easy raspberry jam

You can become a hardcore forager

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Take care of your knife

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

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

Energy

Homemade electric power

Solar hot water systems

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Is steam power in your future?

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Of guns and snakes

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...