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Animals

Brooder in a box

Raising rabbits for profit

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Once a day milking

Building

Build your own repeating mouse trap

By Allen Easterly Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Safety note: Because of drowning danger, 5-gallon buckets with any amount of water in them should never be...

Build a chicken tractor

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Build a pizza oven

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Three Raised Bed Designs

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Fly it proudly and properly

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Nameless salad and dressing

Making apple pectin

Italian Pot Roast

The chicken and the egg

Self-reliance

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Breastfeeding — A primer

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Reload your own brass

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

How big a gun do you need?

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,...