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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Bovine basics for beginners

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Shake update

Stairs — The next level

Build a poultry killing cone

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

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

How to Grow Great Carrots

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

The Best City Garden

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

The greatest American who was never President

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

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food and recipes

Cooking from long-term food storage

Chicken and dumpling stew

Nanny B’s benne bake

Keep the Ice On

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

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

Medicinal uses of garlic

Cash in on your household junk

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar Food Drying

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Air power superiority

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Catch your own bait

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...