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Building

Building and stocking your pantry

By Jackie Clay Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 At the turn of the 19th century, most country homes had a walk-in pantry, as well as a...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

New invention— The Fencerunner

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build an all-purpose ladder

Farm and Garden

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

Growing Potatoes in Straw

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Testing Soil

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

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...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Use the right ammunition!

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Canning game meat

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu — Novel Influenza A (H1N1) —...

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Testing Soil

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in. But a whole lot of folks,...
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Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...
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