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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

By James F. Deaton Website Exclusive • January, 2006 The need to get firewood from a draw below my house to my woodshed started me on...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

A house a tornado helped build

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

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

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

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

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

I heat my house by burning corn

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

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...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Dark Winter — A simulated terrorist attack on three American cities using weaponized smallpox

Every group needs a black sheep

Gun control, race, and rotten politicians

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in. But a whole lot of folks,...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of elderberry cordial. When served in a small aperitif glass or...