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Animals

Building

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Easy awnings

Shake update

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Installing a steel roof

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Testing Soil

Growing Microgreens

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

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

The greatest American who was never President

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Use the right ammunition!

Sight and sound enhancement

Reload your own brass

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

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...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Politics and Commentary

Animals

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

By Gene Sheley Issue #50 • March/April, 1998 Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears...

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Good-bye old friend

A contrary guide to feeding animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...
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Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings before I left home). That didn't stop my parents, though....
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