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Animals

Once a day milking

Get to know your spiders

Goat birthing and raising kids

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

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...

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have...

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Caring for your chickens in winter

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Food and recipes

Venison Stew

A few favorite recipes and books

Caribbean Barbecued Pork Steaks

Betty’s Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Self-reliance

10 ways to make money on your land

Drive your own freshwater well

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Woodstove cooking

Energy

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Waterpower for personal use

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Women and guns

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Air power superiority

Just because

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...