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Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 When I bought 10 dry barren "affordable" acres back in 1981 I got what I paid for: No...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

10 tips for selling your homemade product

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build a community assistance recharging station

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

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...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Introducing the international tax cartel

Training for the Boston Marathon

Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s execution

Looking back on 20 years of BHM

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Slaughtering and Butchering

By Dynah Geissal Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year's work and of sadness...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Finding the best dog for the country life

Switch your family to goat’s milk

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come up with ideas that result in better gardens, more produce,...