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Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Q. We have just purchased 15 acres, and our question is how to install our septic system, how...

Choosing a chain saw

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

Build a ski sled

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Growing Microgreens

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Caring for your chickens in winter

How to Grow Potatoes

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Tailoring guns to females

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Moderate power firearms

Science

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...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

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

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Beekeeping basics

<!-- Beekeeping basics By Charles Sanders --> Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

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....

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Bottle-raise a calf

Get to know your spiders

Redworm farming

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Meat For the Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Meat is often the most expensive portion of our grocery bill, and it is getting more and more expensive every day. I've seen steaks "on sale" for more...
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Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved Water Quality, You...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement at my practice of spreading animal manure as a fertilizer....
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