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Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

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

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

The house that Dorothy built

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 This isn't the first time we've had an article by and about...

Getting logs

Make adobe bricks

The Forever Floor

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm and Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Slug Zapper

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

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

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

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Boston Baked Beans

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Layered Casserole & Pea Salad

Pasteurizing milk

Self-reliance

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

What to do when there’s no doctor

Breastfeeding — A primer

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Guns and Hunting

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...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...