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Animals

Redworm farming

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising Rabbits

Once a day milking

Building

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our...

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build a ski sled

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and...

The Home Citrus Orchard

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Blueberry Cash Crop

Build a Keyhole Garden

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

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

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

Food and recipes

Chocolate Babka

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

The convenience of a bread bucket

Easy, no-knead bread by Melissa Souza

Self-reliance

Buying a used mobile home

Your survival depends on water

Digging a shallow well

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Big boomer guns

Picking a holster

Moderate power firearms

Reload your own brass

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...