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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Get to know your spiders

Building

Never underestimate a woman

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #32 Mar/Apr 1998 (In the May/June issue , we published an article by Dorothy Ainsworth titled "Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log...

The house that Dorothy built

Installing a steel roof

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Farm and Garden

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...

Currants and Gooseberries

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Your honey will love your sweet buns

Caribbean Barbecued Pork Steaks

Persimmon bread

Crispy onion rings

Self-reliance

A worthwhile journey

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Start a post-construction cleaning business

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Energy

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Generators alone are not enough

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Moderate power firearms

The Appleseed Project

Canning game meat

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...