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Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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

Redworm farming

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

By Doug Fluckiger Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 My secret passion is tall, dark, and handsome. I may find her lying luxuriantly among a dark grove...

Build a graceful footbridge

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Build an all-purpose ladder

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Farm and Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

How to Grow Potatoes

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Tracing a bean

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Grandpa’s justice

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Catfish Biscuits

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Fish — This gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat

Humble stew

The healthy kitchen — Good spoons, knives, and food

The perfect holiday meal

Self-reliance

Homestead Helpers

Cash in on your household junk

Simplifying simplicity

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Energy

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Portable solar power

Solar hot water systems

Is steam power in your future?

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Reload your own brass

Catch your own bait

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...