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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Woodbarrow

By Setanta O’Ceillaigh When I first abandoned a slum town and fled back to the countryside I gathered and carried firewood with a laundry basket....

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

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:...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Lenie in the kitchen: Hamburger and potato casserole

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Home handgun defense — Simplicity suffices

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

Raising cattle on your own place

Goat birthing and raising kids

Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...