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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising rabbits for profit

Raising Rabbits

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Making and using a solar cooker

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Farm and Garden

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

Naughty Peppers

Love Those Green Beans

Caring for your chickens in winter

Growing and Using Peppers

Americana and History

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The time-travel ad

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Fail-proof white bread

Lenie in the kitchen: Hamburger and potato casserole

Dilled oyster crackers

Chicken chili

Self-reliance

Digging a shallow well

Survival firebuilding skills

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Cut your grocery bill in half

Energy

Emergency solar power for $950

Solar-powered refrigerators

Energy class: Part 1

Hydronic woodstoves

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...