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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

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

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build a pallet fence

By Clay Sawyer Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now...

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Build an all-purpose ladder

Build your own log home in the woods

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

The barnyard scramble

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

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

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Pickled fish and rollmops

Hearty stews for the soul

Cajun-baked turnip

Algerian honeyed lamb kebabs

Self-reliance

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Preparedness for travelers

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Energy

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Prepper power! Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...