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Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising Rabbits

Goat birthing and raising kids

Once a day milking

Building

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

By Suzy Lowry Geno Website Exclusive • April, 2007 I have what seems like mountains of great "fertilizer" from my barn full of English Angora rabbits....

Build a wood crib with free materials

Installing a steel roof

Building and stocking your pantry

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Testing Soil

Growing Productive Strawberries

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...

Catfish Biscuits

Biological and chemical weapons through history

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Pita bread

Banana-Apricot Bars

Green Shrimp Soup

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Self-reliance

Food security 101

Foraging for wild berries

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

Preparing for winter

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

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

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Tailoring guns to females

Affordable firearms

Sight and sound enhancement

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...