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How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

A house a tornado helped build

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Build a Heated Germination Bed

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Stay clear of young wild animals

Buying the right emergency radio

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The light at the end of the gun

The time for modern; the time for traditional

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

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...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

A brief history of health and medicine

Defunding government is a sensible voter solution to reining in local government

Every group needs a black sheep

Understanding the gun debate, part 2

Personal guns getting to be in style

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

There’s no such thing as free land!

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Stay clear of young wild animals

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn Income

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler, brandling, or manure worms) to break down organic matter such...

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...