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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Animal disease traceability

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

Stairs — The next level

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

A house a tornado helped build

Farm and Garden

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Slug Zapper

The Homestead Greenhouse

Americana and History

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The greatest American who was never President

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Root vegetable casserole

Challah

Homemade healthy soba noodles

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Self-reliance

Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Swedish log candle

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

Power-up bag

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Canning game meat

How big a gun do you need?

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

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...