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Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Build a chicken tractor

By Connie Rabun Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 In the beginning we had chickens...and no coop! Any homesteader knows that the number one rule is to...

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Brining pickles by the quart or gallon

Chicken with galanga in coconut milk soup

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

How to make money from storage building auctions

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

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...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

The parasitic nature of bureaucracy

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

By Amanda J. Kemp Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Spring brings the pitter-patter of little feet in the mud, games of tag, and raucous quacks. While...

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Goat birthing and raising kids

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Homeschooling through high school

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we moved to New Mexico, it was in late June and...

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 If you are prudish, narrow-minded or puritanical, read no further as this article may offend you. If, however, you enjoy a good laugh...