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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Beekeeping basics

Get to know your spiders

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

By Dynah Geissal Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 When we moved to our land in the summer of 1994, we were fortunate that open grazing exists...

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

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

Build a chicken tractor

Make adobe bricks

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

The Home Citrus Orchard

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Zucchini casserole

Eggplant salad

Tahini — A health food par-excellence

Self-reliance

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Cold process goat milk soap

Energy

Prepper power! Part 1

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar system codes — Build it right!

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

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Moderate power firearms

Picking a holster

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

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...