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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Get to know your spiders

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Our Unconventional House

By Judy Zent Website Exclusive • December, 2002 Fig. 1 - Tire walls with roof framing. Need a prolonged workout? Want to do some major recycling? Want...

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a log crib

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

Farm and Garden

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Americana and History

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

The barnyard scramble

The vanishing outhouse

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Nanny B’s benne bake

Solar Food Drying

Turning to turmeric

Blunt family chili

Self-reliance

Life-saving snowshoes

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Dim bulbs in California

Add solar power to your truck camper

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Use the right ammunition!

Sight and sound enhancement

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Reload your own brass

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...