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A contrary guide to feeding animals

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

By Rick Brentlinger Issue #53 • September/October, 1998 If I could show you how to manufacture a product anywhere in the country and if I offered...

Build a wood crib with free materials

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Gabion walls for form and function

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Garden Spaces for Small Places

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...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

A healthy heart starts in the kitchen

Tomato-Avocado-Buttermilk Soup

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

The chances of global disaster

Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

The Government intimidation factor and its effect on the health of society

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply is a primary objective. To that end, some consideration will...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out. Every year there is almost one scrap tire created for...