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Animals

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

Switch your family to goat’s milk

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

Redworm farming

Building

The Forever Floor

By David Lee Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 It is pretty devious starting off an article with an exaggeration but now that I have your attention...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Propagating Plants

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Constitution of the united States of America

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Grandma’s persimmon pudding

Here are some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time

Cornmeal sour cream biscuits

Pistachio-Mocha Chicken

Self-reliance

Homemade pest traps

Garden injuries Part 2

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker

Energy

Solar suitcase

Solar power trailer Part 1

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Just because

The light at the end of the gun

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Affordable firearms

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...

Gee-Whiz: Insects

Testing Soil

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Politics and Commentary

Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

The false argument about defending our freedom