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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build your own log home in the woods

By Jackie Clay (Photos by Bill Spaulding and Jackie Clay) Issue #72 • November/December, 2001 This is the third part of a three-part series. The first two parts...

New invention— The Fencerunner

Making and using a solar cooker

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

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

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Looking back on 20 years of BHM

Reflecting on a life in the woods, and looking ahead

The chances of global disaster

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...

Where our farm animals come from

Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

How to make money from storage building auctions

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large or small varieties. Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 When we dig in...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There are several benefits to having a spot to start your...