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Animals

Home Dairying

Where our farm animals come from

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

A house a tornado helped build

By Robert L. Williams Issue #16 • July/August, 1992 On May 5, 1989, tornadoes ripped through parts of three western North Carolina counties, including ours, and...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build a Composter

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Farm and Garden

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Currants and Gooseberries

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

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

The greatest American who was never President

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

If you can boil water you can make a good stew

Chicken Enchiladas

Irish coffee

Self-reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

A worthwhile journey

Homestead Helpers

Caveman walking stick

Energy

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Power Up

Generators alone are not enough

Solar-powered water purifiers

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Thoughts on ammunition

Catch your own bait

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...