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Animals

Home Dairying

Good-bye old friend

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

Shelves and benches

By David Lee Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Money doesn't buy happiness but it sure does buy a lot of stuff. If it is nice stuff...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

How safe is your electric fence?

Build Your Own Hoop House

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Farm and Garden

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

How to Grow Garlic

The Home Citrus Orchard

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Blueberry wine jam

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Earth’s greatest cookies

Potato soup

Self-reliance

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Garden injuries Part 2

The wonderful world of axes

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Energy

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Energy class: Part 3

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

The light at the end of the gun

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Catch your own bait

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Politics and Commentary

The curse of oil

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?

Against a rapist

Confessions of a former liberal

Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

By John Silveira Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 What would happen if all the honeybees disappeared? According to some pundits we'd see a collapse in much...

Is that a good pig?

Raising cattle on your own place

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Self-Reliance

Homemade skin care products

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

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

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my own plants from seeds. One of my favorite winter pastimes...

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...