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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Home Dairying

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

By Don Lewis In 1874, a United States patent (#157,124) was issued to Joseph F. Glidden, a long-serving sheriff in DeKalb County, Illinois. His invention...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Build a Trail

Woodbarrow

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

The summer of ’35

Grandpa’s justice

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Beef and Cabbage Soup

Banana-Apricot Bars

Salsa

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Self-reliance

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Flea market stories and strategies

Caring for wounds in the field

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Energy

Job site solar power

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Energy class: Part 3

Grid-down battery devices

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...