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Animals

Home Dairying

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Good-bye old friend

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 From the architect's chair Before beginning any building project, it is usually beneficial, from a time and cost perspective,...

Gabion walls for form and function

Easy awnings

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build your own portable forge

Farm and Garden

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

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

Remembering what grandma used

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

You can become a hardcore forager

A healthy heart starts in the kitchen

These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts

Self-reliance

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar power trailer Part 2

Energy class: Part 1

An $89 backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Big boomer guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last...

Of guns and snakes

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

The Appleseed Project

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...