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Animals

Home Dairying

Raising cattle on your own place

Brooder in a box

Raising your own beef

Building

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

By Dana Martin Batory Issue #84 • November/December, 2003 Sometimes it seems two hands are not enough—three would be nice, four even better. This economical, easy...

Build your own log home in the woods

Building Eric’s house

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Blueberry Cash Crop

Growing Productive Strawberries

Mid-season planting

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Remembering what grandma used

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Successful cold storage

Italian Pot Roast

Self-reliance

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Buy your country place from the government

Energy

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Solar suitcase

How to select the right backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The light at the end of the gun

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...