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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Animal disease traceability

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Build a pizza oven

By Mike Lorenzen Issue #143 • September/October, 2013 About a year ago, my wife and I traveled around Italy by car. We had lots of wood-fired...

Build an all-purpose ladder

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Build a chicken house in a day

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Fermenting Chicken Feed

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

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Blueberry tofu frappe

Quince preserves

Pecan Crusted Trout

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

Self-reliance

Learning to love the high desert

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

No dentist? Oh, no!

Energy

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Emergency solar power for $950

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...