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Animals

Brooder in a box

Raising cattle on your own place

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Once a day milking

Building

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 Here's the finished vanity with our unfinished dresser that will store our extra towels and linens. We've had our log...

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Stairs — The next level

Build a pallet fence

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Farm and Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Gardening Tips and Tricks

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Grandpa’s justice

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Banana-Apricot Bars

Jambalaya stew

Self-reliance

A guide to buying silver and gold

Bartering for bad times

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

What to do when there’s no doctor

Energy

Solar Food Drying

Power Up

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

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...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Politics and Commentary

Climate Change Theory: science or religion?

The land of the unfree

Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?

The meltdown and the bailout: why, how, and what they mean

Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising rabbits for profit

Self-Reliance

Making maple syrup

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Survival/utility vest

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my own plants from seeds. One of my favorite winter pastimes...

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Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown spinach, there is a world of difference between its taste...

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