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Animals

The homestead cat

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Good-bye old friend

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Build a poultry killing cone

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Our Unconventional House

Farm and Garden

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

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,...

Gardening for Treasure

Caring for your chickens in winter

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Saving Seeds

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The greatest American who was never President

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Puerto Rican Rice With Pork

Fermented dill pickles

Ten Marinades For Summer

Minestrone-hamburger soup

Self-reliance

13 steps to a life of freedom

Stay clear of young wild animals

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

How we found our remote backwoods home

Energy

Solar hot water systems

Solar Food Drying

An $89 backup generator

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

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

Moderate power firearms

Use the right ammunition!

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...