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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Building Eric’s house

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #112 • July/August, 2009 This is the first in a series of several articles documenting the building of a stud-frame house from...

Build a Trail

Building and using wattle fences

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

How to Install a Steel Roof

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Propagating Grapes

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

The greatest American who was never President

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Dark moons

Piccalilli — A late summer bonus

Self-reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Food security 101

Swedish log candle

Food security 101: part 2

Energy

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Solar-powered refrigerators

Keep the Ice On

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

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...