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Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidays—including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Gabion walls for form and function

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis   Issue #145 • January/February, 2014     The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

How to Grow Garlic

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

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

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Catch your own bait

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

<!-- Subduction zone tsunami --> By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coast—actually, just that...

Science and truth. Are they related?

Theories of the universe

Zombie Apocalypse

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Politics and Commentary

Animals

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...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Good-bye old friend

The homestead cat

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Is that a good pig?

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool location. They are nutritious, too, being a great source of beta...
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Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis   Issue #145 • January/February, 2014     The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered...
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