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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

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

By Michael Hackleman Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Hydronic, or radiant floor heating is a method of heating a home, shop, or other building with the...

Make adobe bricks

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit...

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Growing Microgreens

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Constitution of the united States of America

Grandpa’s justice

Fly it proudly and properly

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Canned bacon — Roll your own

Honey whole wheat bread

Six Chile Chicken

Pecan twerps

Self-reliance

Dehydrating eggs at home

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Defeating debt

Energy

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Catch your own bait

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...