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Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Redworm farming

Raising Rabbits

Building

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

By David Lee Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 The reflected image in the mirrored letters give a "see-through" illusion to the sign and the tree. Stained glass...

Build a poultry killing cone

Install rafters alone the easy way

Building and using wattle fences

Build your own log home in the woods

Farm and Garden

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Constitution of the united States of America

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Tomato and coriander salad

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Elk Roast With Cranberries

Corned Beef Cakes

Self-reliance

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Getting logs

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Buy your country place from the government

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Big boomer guns

Firearms — Tools of rural living

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...