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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Slaughtering and Butchering

Where our farm animals come from

Raising Rabbits

Building

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Three Raised Bed Designs

Build Your Own Car Wash

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

A river rock shower

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Grow some winter squash this year

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Food and recipes

The best apple pie you’ll ever bake

Quince preserves

Wheat

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

Self-reliance

Cold process goat milk soap

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Fully Involved

Brood X

Energy

Job site solar power

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Picking a holster

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

The light at the end of the gun

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...