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Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Bottle-raise a calf

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Build your own portable forge

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

The Forever Floor

Farm and Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None...

Currants and Gooseberries

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

The greatest American who was never President

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Fly it proudly and properly

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Turkey the old-fashioned way

Dill-onion bread

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Chicken chili

Self-reliance

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Energy

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

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Battery powered weekend retreat

Solar power trailer Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...