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Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Propagating Plants

Pruning Blueberries

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Tastes Just Like Chicken

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Raspberry ketchup

Braised venison pepper steak

Self-reliance

Homestead water

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

Homestead helpers

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Power Up

Solar suitcase

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Making and using a solar cooker

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...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Building the coyote rifle

Air power superiority

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...