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Animals

Once a day milking

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Is that a good pig?

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

Install rafters alone the easy way

By Robert L. Williams Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 Anyone who has ever worked on roof framing knows that nailing up rafters is a two-man job...

A house a tornado helped build

Build an all-purpose ladder

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Shelves and benches

Farm and Garden

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country....

Grow some winter squash this year

Jackie’s Garden Primer

How to Grow Garlic

The Best City Garden

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The time-travel ad

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Dill-onion bread

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Raspberry ketchup

Traditional trail foods — Transportable calories

Self-reliance

Keeping tools sharp

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Energy

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Grid-down battery devices

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Women and guns

Canning game meat

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...