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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Bovine basics for beginners

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Build a pallet fence

By Clay Sawyer Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Naughty Peppers

Sweet Potato Greens

How to Grow Garlic

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Food and recipes

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Pastoral bread

Bread — The staff of life

Basic biscotti cookie

Self-reliance

What to do when there’s no doctor

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Cash in on your household junk

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Water pumping windmills

Energy class: Part 1

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Moderate power firearms

Tailoring guns to females

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...

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

A brief history of health and medicine

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

Politics and Commentary

The Informed Juror — How an informed jury helps safeguard liberty

The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask

How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry

The Coming American Dictatorship revisited