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Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

A house a tornado helped build

Making and using a solar cooker

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Cooking from long-term food storage

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

How to select the right backup generator

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

The light at the end of the gun

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

The black man’s worst enemy is not racism

The media’s treatment of blacks makes their socialist bias obvious

Understanding the gun debate, part 2

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Where our farm animals come from

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

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,...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...