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Animals

Raising your own beef

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Small engine maintenance for women

New invention— The Fencerunner

Installing a steel roof

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Farm and Garden

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Propagating Plants

Build a Keyhole Garden

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...

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

Grandpa’s justice

The time-travel ad

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Indian Fry Bread

Sweet potato pudding

Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage

Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie

Self-reliance

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Cleaning a well

I heat my house by burning corn

The many benefits of garlic

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Build your own battery charging station

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Catch your own bait

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...