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Animals

Brooder in a box

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

The homestead cat

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build a ski sled

A house a tornado helped build

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Pruning Blueberries

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Dehydrating food

Uncooked Peanut-butter Candy

Fail-proof white bread

Wonderful wilderness wines

Self-reliance

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Energy

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Dim bulbs in California

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Canning game meat

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Affordable firearms

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,...