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Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

A contrary guide to feeding animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Build a Trail

By Claire Wolfe Standing near the top of the trail, looking down. The bright sunny spot in the middle distance will...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The light at the end of the gun

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,...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

What kind of Americans sit on our juries?

Confessions of a former liberal

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

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

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building and stocking your pantry

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Tips for finding your affordable home

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

By Setanta O'Ceillaigh  Issue #160 • July/August, 2016 The cycle never ends: As soon as one garden pest is dealt with, another takes its place. Last...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...