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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Get to know your spiders

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Build a log crib

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Farm and Garden

Tracing a bean

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange (exchange.seedsavers.org/home) — an online...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

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...

Grandpa’s justice

Constitution of the united States of America

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Food and recipes

Apple butter

Butterpeas

Banana-Apricot Bars

Black Beans & Rice

Self-reliance

10 country do’s and don’ts

Lessons learned from an ice storm

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Bartering for bad times

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Solar hot water systems

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Energy class: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Women and guns

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...