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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Goat birthing and raising kids

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

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

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

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

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

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Turn the poor into capitalists

My View: Gaining an appreciation for risk

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...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Turn your passion into a business

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

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 of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...

Meat For the Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Meat is often the most expensive portion of our grocery bill, and it is getting more and more expensive every day. I've seen steaks "on sale" for more...