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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Brooder in a box

Building

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Three Raised Bed Designs

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

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

Farm and Garden

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....

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

The $1 Garden

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

Currants and Gooseberries

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

The greatest American who was never President

Constitution of the united States of America

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Lemon-Tarragon Veal

Crispy onion rings

Beef & Wild Mushroom Lasagna

Terrific tamale pie

Self-reliance

Defeating debt

Homestead helpers

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Life-saving snowshoes

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Just because

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...