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Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Keeping fresh water in front of our livestock in the winter has always been somewhat of a problem....

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

Love Those Green Beans

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Remembering what grandma used

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Fermented dill pickles

Old-fashioned hot chocolate

7 Mistakes of food storage

Blonde brownies

Self-reliance

Lessons learned from an ice storm

The fire wick fire starter

Caveman walking stick

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Energy

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Add solar power to your truck camper

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Is steam power in your future?

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

Of guns and snakes

Affordable firearms

Cold weather shooting considerations

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...