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Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Good-bye old friend

Building

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

By Charles Sanders Issue #94 • July/August, 2005 Perhaps one of the most important innovations in modern plumbing has been the development of polyvinyl chloride (PVC),...

Build a log crib

Claw Hammers

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Building and using wattle fences

Farm and Garden

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Growing Productive Strawberries

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

How to Grow Great Carrots

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The vanishing outhouse

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Terrific tamale pie

Dark moons

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

Self-reliance

Storm survivors

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Add solar power to your truck camper

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Thoughts on ammunition

Picking a holster

How big a gun do you need?

The light at the end of the gun

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...