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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Building and Using Wattle Fences

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Grow some winter squash this year

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

In search of the perfect cup of coffee

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Tackling the real problems that face us

The false argument about defending our freedom

Who’s supposed to protect our rights?

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...

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

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

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

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

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

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn Income

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler, brandling, or manure worms) to break down organic matter such...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

By Lyle Dykes Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 Years ago when traveling on business, I looked out of the window of my motel one morning in Newport, Oregon, and noticed a little Chinese lady flipping over...