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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising your own beef for your family

Where our farm animals come from

Building

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

By Melissa Souza  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 My family is committed to becoming as self-sufficient...

Building your chicken coop

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

The house that Dorothy built

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Testing Soil

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Pasteurizing milk

Canning game meat

Banana, blueberry, and peach scones

Barmbrack

Self-reliance

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

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Buy your country place from the government

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Hydronic woodstoves

Making and using a solar cooker

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Cold weather shooting considerations

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Moderate power firearms

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...