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Animals

Once a day milking

Where our farm animals come from

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Solar Building Design

Farm and Garden

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day...

How to Grow Garlic

Pruning Blueberries

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Remembering what grandma used

Fried chicken for breakfast

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Pumpkin preserves

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Self-reliance

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Buying the right emergency radio

Energy

Making and using a solar cooker

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Job site solar power

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

Thoughts on ammunition

Canning game meat

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...