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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Slaughtering and Butchering

Good-bye old friend

Building

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Farm and Garden

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

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...

Grandpa’s justice

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The vanishing outhouse

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Pickled nopalitos

Terrific tamale pie

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

Jambalaya stew

Self-reliance

Keeping tools sharp

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

A worthwhile journey

Homestead water

Energy

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Solar Power 101: Inverters

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

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

Building the coyote rifle

Use the right ammunition!

Moderate power firearms

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...