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Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Switch your family to goat’s milk

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #38 • March/April, 1996 I got the dreadful call from my son Eric at 2 p.m. on June 29th, 1995, an hour...

Build a wood crib with free materials

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

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

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

No fuss, no muss, one-pan grouse supper

Pistachios — Historic and healthy nuts

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

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...

Science and truth. Are they related?

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Who’s supposed to protect our rights?

Getting the state out of marriage

Common sense about burglary prevention

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only in fooling those pesky pests who thrive on fruits and...

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at 4:00 AM by a rooster singing “cock-a-doodle-doo.” At this time...