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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Finding the best dog for the country life

Animal disease traceability

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

A river rock shower

A house a tornado helped build

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

New invention— The Fencerunner

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Naughty Peppers

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Constitution of the united States of America

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Sorrento Salad

General Tso’s Chicken

Dill-onion bread

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Self-reliance

Make a quilt out of Levis

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Tailoring guns to females

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...