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Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

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

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Constitution of the united States of America

Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues

Your survival depends on water

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster

Home handgun defense — Simplicity suffices

The logic behind term limits and a historical perspective

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...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish to make it. One of the easiest ways...

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 if I don't learn at least one thing every day,...