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Building

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

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Build a ski sled

Build a chicken tractor

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Farm and Garden

Americana and History

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

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

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

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Where our farm animals come from

<!-- Where our farm animals come from By John Silveira --> Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

Beekeeping basics

A contrary guide to feeding animals

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

Bovine basics for beginners

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...
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Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I have a lot of "old reliable" varieties that I grow...
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