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Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising cattle on your own place

Bovine basics for beginners

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

How to build a good fence for your homestead

By Charles Sanders Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 One of the basic fixtures on a homestead...

Build a poultry killing cone

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day...

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

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

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

Food and recipes

Growing and Using Cilantro

Black Beans & Rice

Mango Delight

Ham and sausage jambalaya

Self-reliance

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Homestead security for women

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Simplifying simplicity

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Dim bulbs in California

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Affordable firearms

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Reload your own brass

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...