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Animals

Raising your own beef

Get to know your spiders

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Once a day milking

Building

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 Here's the finished vanity with our unfinished dresser that will store our extra towels and linens. We've had our log...

Build a graceful footbridge

Making and using a solar cooker

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Farm and Garden

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...

Blueberry Cash Crop

Growing and Using Peppers

How to Grow Garlic

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

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

Food and recipes

Ribeye Steak with Chianti Sauce

Cheddar Breakfast Pizza

Introduction to water bath canning

Spicy Beef

Self-reliance

Flea market stories and strategies

Caring for wounds in the field

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Bugging out in place

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Build Your Own Car Wash

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

Cold weather shooting considerations

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Canning game meat

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...