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Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising Rabbits

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

Building

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

By Thomas Brewer Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 I am not ambidextrous. My wife, Judith, uses chopsticks with either hand or even both hands at once....

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Install rafters alone the easy way

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Farm and Garden

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

How to Grow Great Carrots

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Caring for your chickens in winter

Americana and History

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not...

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

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

Food and recipes

Pickled chili peppers

Banana-Apricot Bars

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Four Pepper Pheasant

Self-reliance

How to make money from storage building auctions

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Prepper power! Part 2

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Catch your own bait

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...