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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Get to know your spiders

Building

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Farm and Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Home-Grown Eggs

Currants and Gooseberries

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

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

Catfish Biscuits

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

Making Yogurt

Chicken Enchiladas

Self-reliance

Harvest your own firewood

Make a quilt out of Levis

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

How to select the right backup generator

Generators alone are not enough

Prepper power! Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The time for modern; the time for traditional

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...