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Animals

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Finding the best dog for the country life

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

How to maintain a dirt road

By Marjorie Burris Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 It is our job to maintain two and one half miles of dirt road if we want to...

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Building your chicken coop

Build a wood crib with free materials

Build a Groundhog Snare

Farm and Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Fruit Trees

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Sweet Potato Greens

Caring for your chickens in winter

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

The barnyard scramble

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Plantation Coffee Punch

Penne with Provencal eggplant and peppers

The perfect holiday meal

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Self-reliance

Space heater safety tips

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

13 steps to a life of freedom

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Energy

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

An $89 backup generator

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Moderate power firearms

Catch your own bait

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

The Appleseed Project

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...