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Animals

Get to know your spiders

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising rabbits for profit

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

The Forever Floor

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

Humble stew

Canning Steelhead and Tuna

Chicken San Francisco

Self-reliance

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

There’s no such thing as free land!

Energy

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build a community assistance recharging station

Solar-powered refrigerators

Is steam power in your future?

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Catch your own bait

Canning game meat

The light at the end of the gun

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...