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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Raising cattle on your own place

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Rural Building

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Getting logs

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Growing Microgreens

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Build a Composter

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...

Remembering what grandma used

Fly it proudly and properly

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Mac’s lamb curry bake

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

Corned Beef Cakes

Mexican Stuffed Shells

Self-reliance

City boy, country boy

Wash day

Make your own firestarters

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Making and using a solar cooker

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Thoughts on ammunition

Moderate power firearms

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Air power superiority

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...