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Animals

Raising your own beef

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Build your own log home in the woods

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Meat For the Homestead

Slug Zapper

How to Grow Garlic

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

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...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The greatest American who was never President

The time-travel ad

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

The chicken and the egg

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Blueberry wine jam

Self-reliance

Woodstove cooking

Call me plumber

Bugging out in place

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Power your bug-out bag

How to select the right backup generator

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Affordable firearms

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The Appleseed Project

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...