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

Raising cattle on your own place

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

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...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

The greatest American who was never President

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Your survival depends on water

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

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

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...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...

Justice Breyer is wrong about the 2nd Amendment

The tenuous hold of honesty in modern America

Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the UN and the media

Confessions of a former liberal

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Raising your own beef

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 Every time I sit down to enjoy a wonderful beef roast or perfectly grilled steak, I am so...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Cash in on your household junk

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love growing vegetables that will store well and provide that great...