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Building

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 From the architect's chair Before beginning any building project, it is usually beneficial, from a time and cost perspective,...

Build a log crib

Shelves and benches

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Farm and Garden

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone <!-- >!>!>!> Make content-2-col-left = 70% if activating this column --> Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my...

Jackie’s Garden Primer

The $1 Garden

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Build a Composter

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

<!-- Subduction zone tsunami --> By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coast—actually, just that...

Testing Soil

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Politics and Commentary

Animals

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

Beekeeping basics

<!-- Beekeeping basics By Charles Sanders --> Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

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

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...
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Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit tree growing method of the Greco-Roman world. Later, during the...
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