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Animals

Redworm farming

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Building

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 When I bought 10 dry barren "affordable" acres back in 1981 I got what I paid for: No...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Build Your Own Car Wash

Build a graceful footbridge

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Home-Grown Eggs

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

The barnyard scramble

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

Veal Goulash

Dark moons

Solar Food Drying

Mango Delight

Self-reliance

Cash in on your household junk

How to maintain your chimney

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

Millenium Vehicles

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Choose your ammo… police style

Affordable firearms

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...