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How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising your own beef for your family

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country....

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

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...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

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

Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking

American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Making and using a solar cooker

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...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government

Armed civilians can help fight terrorism

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?

The world’s least-free country

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit tree growing method of the Greco-Roman world. Later, during the...

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but you can grow a home "backyard" orchard of oranges, lemons,...