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Animals

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

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Build a poultry killing cone

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Rural Building

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

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Farm and Garden

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this,...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Currants and Gooseberries

How to Grow Great Carrots

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Barmbrack

Algerian honeyed lamb kebabs

Caribbean Catfish

Stuffed Mushrooms – Greek Style

Self-reliance

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Power your bug-out bag

Simplifying simplicity

Bath herbs

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Portable solar power

Dim bulbs in California

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Catch your own bait

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

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...