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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Where our farm animals come from

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #50 Mar/Apr 1998 BHM readers are familiar with Dorothy Ainsworth, the log home-building Ashland, Oregon, waitress who spent more than six years...

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Stairs — The next level

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Farm and Garden

Plant Once Harvest for Years

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 Year after year we start seeds, till the ground, plant, weed, harvest, then tear it all out at...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Tracing a bean

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

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

The barnyard scramble

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Keep the Ice On

A healthy heart starts in the kitchen

Plantation Coffee Punch

You can become a hardcore forager

Self-reliance

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Dealing with heat stress

Survival/utility vest

Energy

An $89 backup generator

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Solar power trailer Part 2

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The time for modern; the time for traditional

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

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...