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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Building

Never underestimate a woman

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #32 Mar/Apr 1998 (In the May/June issue , we published an article by Dorothy Ainsworth titled "Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log...

Build your own log home in the woods

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Farm and Garden

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Propagating Plants

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

The vanishing outhouse

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Glazed carrots with peas and onions

Fresh cucumber delight

Blueberry wine jam

Pheasant and dumplings

Self-reliance

Food security 101: part 2

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Energy class: Part 3

Portable solar power

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Air power superiority

Affordable firearms

Building the coyote rifle

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

A brief history of health and medicine

Politics and Commentary

Working for a dad who works at home

Man vs. the machine

Science and truth. Are they related?

Talking to your kids about death

Animals

Once a day milking

By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Animal disease traceability

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Self-Reliance

I heat my house by burning corn

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Farm and Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my own plants from seeds. One of my favorite winter pastimes...