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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Brooder in a box

Where our farm animals come from

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

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...

Renovating old walls

Gabion walls for form and function

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Never underestimate a woman

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Honey Crunch Baked Apples

Pot Roast With Spaghetti

Self-reliance

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Cash in on your household junk

Energy

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Picking a holster

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

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