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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

Build a wood crib with free materials

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?

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

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

What to do when there’s no doctor

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

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Cold weather shooting considerations

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Guns Save Lives Chapter 1: Point Blank

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Finding the best dog for the country life

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Learning to love the high desert

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop. After all, they give us a wide variety of products. Many...

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they produced, so when I eventually acquired property in Montana, I...