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Animals

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Get to know your spiders

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

By Michael Hackleman Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Hydronic, or radiant floor heating is a method of heating a home, shop, or other building with the...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Building your chicken coop

Make adobe bricks

Claw Hammers

Farm and Garden

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

The Potato Hole

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Remembering what grandma used

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

The enchanting Chanterelle — Gourmet goodies free from the forest

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

If you can boil water you can make a good stew

Nameless salad and dressing

Self-reliance

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Bath herbs

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

Make your own firestarters

Energy

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Dim bulbs in California

Build Your Own Car Wash

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Thoughts on ammunition

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Catch your own bait

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...