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Where our farm animals come from

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

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Constitution of the united States of America

My garden — A springboard of food, pleasure, and history

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Drive your own freshwater well

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Add solar power to your truck camper

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...

Which wars work best? The ones we fight or the ones we avoid?

The ‘Curious Guy’ and the ‘Offended Woman’

Can an understanding of math and statistics save America’s freedoms?

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

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

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

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

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

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...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s basically a method of recycling junk wood to make a...