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Building

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

<!-- --> By Robert Van Putten Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 For a year and a half, we lived in an 18-foot travel trailer while building a straw...

Build a graceful footbridge

Rural Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Renovating old walls

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

Victory Gardens

Currants and Gooseberries

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Big boomer guns

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

<!-- Avian Flu How afraid of this chicken should you be? By John Silveira --> Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

A brief history of health and medicine

How big is the solar system?

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Where our farm animals come from

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Finding the best dog for the country life

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016   As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely curled up next to the woodstove with a mug of...
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Gardening the Year ‘Round

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select vegetables such as garden peas, lettuce, mustard, radishes, onions, and...
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