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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Build a Composter

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Food and recipes

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Easy raspberry jam

Hawaiian poha jam

Grilled Steak with Olive-Blue Cheese Sauce

Self-reliance

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Cast iron

Building and stocking your pantry

Energy

Solar power trailer Part 2

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Dim bulbs in California

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Just because

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...