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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #43 • January/February, 1997 I know that there are a lot of really fine products available for turning logs into lumber,...

Build your own log home in the woods

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Solar Building Design

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Farm and Garden

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

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

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Sunday night dinner

Ginger beer

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Self-reliance

The wonderful world of axes

Homestead Helpers

City boy, country boy

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Energy

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Job site solar power

Emergency solar power for $950

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Building the coyote rifle

Canning game meat

Just because

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Politics and Commentary

Cheap guns are good enough

Training for the Boston Marathon

Home handgun defense — Simplicity suffices

Introducing the international tax cartel

Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Once a day milking

The homestead cat

Beekeeping basics

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Self-Reliance

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Caring for wounds in the field

Breastfeeding — A primer

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Farm and Garden

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 Garlic is one of our oldest herbs on record. Anyone can grow garlic without having to hover over it, hoping that it produces....

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The $1 Garden

By Jonathan Nunan Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 The dollar garden is simple in concept: buy as many seeds as you can for one dollar and harvest as much food as possible from the plants you...

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