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Animals

Brooder in a box

Is that a good pig?

Build a poultry killing cone

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

By Bill Leonard Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 You can say a great deal in favor of cement block (or, if you prefer, concrete block) building....

Build a compost tumbler

Build your own portable forge

Three Raised Bed Designs

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Tracing a bean

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...

Grandpa’s justice

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

The barnyard scramble

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Emergency casserole

Green Shrimp Soup

The convenience of a bread bucket

Making hard cider

Self-reliance

Cash in on your household junk

Make your own firestarters

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Energy

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Hydronic woodstoves

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

The time for modern; the time for traditional

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...

Gee-Whiz: Time

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Insects

Zombie Apocalypse

Politics and Commentary

The Electoral College — How we elect the President

The burglar does far more than steal!

Personal guns getting to be in style

Tackling the real problems that face us