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Animals

Redworm farming

Is that a good pig?

Brooder in a box

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Building

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

By Charles Sanders Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Drying of food as a means of preservation has been around for a long time. Populations in suitably...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build a log crib

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Growing Strawberries

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

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

The time-travel ad

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

Tomato and coriander salad

Blueberry Vareniki

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Self-reliance

No dentist? Oh, no!

The community treasure chest

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Energy

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Women and guns

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Use the right ammunition!

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...