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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Animal disease traceability

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Farm and Garden

Gardening the Year ‘Round

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The vanishing outhouse

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

Food and recipes

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Humble stew

Cheesy fish chowder

Chilies rellenos

Self-reliance

Bartering for bad times

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Pump water for free

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Prepper power! Part 1

Making and using a solar cooker

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...