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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Beekeeping basics

Brooder in a box

Get to know your spiders

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....

A house a tornado helped build

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Farm and Garden

Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have...

Fruit Trees

Slug Zapper

Meat For the Homestead

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

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

Food and recipes

Lazy housewife pickles

Pickled fish and rollmops

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Self-reliance

A guide to buying silver and gold

Better wood heating

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Energy

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Waterpower for personal use

Solar power for farm and ranch

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...