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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Good-bye old friend

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Adventures with a portable sawmill

By Pat Barden Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 I was raised in the suburbs and spent most of my adult life living in apartments and houses...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this,...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Gardening for Treasure

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Currants and Gooseberries

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The greatest American who was never President

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

Food and recipes

Beef and Cabbage Soup

Comfort foods of Ireland – hearty recipes from Grandma’s old file box

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Pumpkin preserves

Self-reliance

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Food security 101

Saving money on the homestead

Life-saving snowshoes

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Hydronic woodstoves

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Just because

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Of guns and snakes

Use the right ammunition!

Science

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

How big is the solar system?

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Politics and Commentary

Getting the state out of marriage

Science and truth. Are they related?

Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair

Finding solutions in firewood