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Animals

Is that a good pig?

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Build a chicken house in a day

Install rafters alone the easy way

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a portable woodstove for $30

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...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Fruit Trees

Saving Seeds

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Old World apple chutney

Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie

Herbed cheese

Your honey will love your sweet buns

Self-reliance

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

The accidental homesteader

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Energy

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Water pumping windmills

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Moderate power firearms

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...