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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...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

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...

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

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

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...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Our energy crisis Part 3 — Alternative energy resources for the nation and for the self-reliant

Defunding government is a sensible voter solution to reining in local government

Questions about global warming

Lessons for My Children…Chapter 3: Hiding from the government

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...

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Raising cattle on your own place

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Start a post-construction cleaning business

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in. But a whole lot of folks,...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and with good reason. Beans are high in vitamins A, C...