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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Raising Rabbits

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Is that a good pig?

Building

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

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

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

The Home Citrus Orchard

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The greatest American who was never President

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Braised venison pepper steak

Artichoke Omelet Appetizer

Layered casserole

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Self-reliance

Brood X

What to do when there’s no doctor

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Energy

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Is steam power in your future?

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...