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Where our farm animals come from

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #172 • July/August, 2018 Like most young folks today, our son David graduated high school, got a job, and went to college...

Gabion walls for form and function

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

My garden — A springboard of food, pleasure, and history

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Build your own battery charging station

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

The Coming American Dictatorship revisited

Climate Change Theory: science or religion?

How America can be saved from stupid people

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Goat birthing and raising kids

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters in earthen berms to irrigation via "aquaduct," it seemed incredible...

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely curled up next to the woodstove with a mug of...