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Where our farm animals come from

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

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

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food security 101: part 2 — Convenience mixes make life easier

Lamb and black bean tamale pie

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

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Talking to your kids about death

The Coming American Dictatorship revisited

Personal guns getting to be in style

Lessons for My Children Chapter 1

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising cattle on your own place

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

I heat my house by burning corn

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to plant. When spring arrives you'll be ready. Spring is the best...

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...