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Animals

Building

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

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

Never underestimate a woman

Rural Building

Build a barrel stove

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Sweet Potato Greens

Naughty Peppers

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

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 greatest American who was never President

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Science

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

Testing Soil

The world is ending! … Again?

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray <!-- --> Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...
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The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...
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