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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Raising rabbits for profit

Good-bye old friend

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

Building

The house that Dorothy built

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 This isn't the first time we've had an article by and about...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Build a stone wall

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Farm and Garden

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned baked beans

Huckleberries purple gold

General Tso’s Chicken

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Self-reliance

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

10 country do’s and don’ts

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Foraging for wild berries

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Moderate power firearms

The Appleseed Project

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...