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Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising cattle on your own place

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

A house a tornado helped build

By Robert L. Williams Issue #16 • July/August, 1992 On May 5, 1989, tornadoes ripped through parts of three western North Carolina counties, including ours, and...

Build a log crib

Build a graceful footbridge

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Stairs — The next level

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...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Companion Planting

Pruning Blueberries

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The barnyard scramble

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food and recipes

Dilled oyster crackers

Heart healthy recipes

Bread — The staff of life

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

Self-reliance

Learning to love the high desert

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Survival/utility vest

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Energy

Prepper power! Part 2

Power Up

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

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Air power superiority

Moderate power firearms

Affordable firearms

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

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