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Animals

Home Dairying

Brooder in a box

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising rabbits for profit

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...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

This coop is for the birds

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Build Your Own Hoop House

Farm and Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

The Homestead Greenhouse

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

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...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Crispy onion rings

The real “Q” — Barbecue the way it’s supposed to be

Keep the Ice On

Breakfast Cereal

Self-reliance

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Fire resistant property

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

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...

The Appleseed Project

Thoughts on ammunition

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...