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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Once a day milking

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

A simple backwoods hay baler

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Making and using a solar cooker

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

Food and recipes

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Barmbrack

Self-reliance

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Better wood heating

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

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

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Use the right ammunition!

Building the coyote rifle

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Catch your own bait

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Gee-Whiz: Time

Politics and Commentary

The media’s treatment of blacks makes their socialist bias obvious

The parasitic nature of bureaucracy

Talking to your kids about death

Tackling the real problems that face us