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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Brooder in a box

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

How safe is your electric fence?

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

The Home Citrus Orchard

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Grandpa’s justice

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Beef and Cabbage Soup

Zucchini casserole

Persimmon cookies

Betty’s Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Survival/utility vest

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Cash in on your household junk

Energy

Generators alone are not enough

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Affordable firearms

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...