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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Raising rabbits for profit

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

A house a tornado helped build

By Robert L. Williams Issue #16 • July/August, 1992 On May 5, 1989, tornadoes ripped through parts of three western North Carolina counties, including ours, and...

Rural Building

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

How to Install a Steel Roof

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country....

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Caring for your chickens in winter

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

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

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Country-style Pork Stew

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Picnicking with class!

Self-reliance

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Cut your grocery bill in half

Homestead security for women

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Energy

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

An $89 backup generator

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...