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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Raising cattle on your own place

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #38 • March/April, 1996 I got the dreadful call from my son Eric at 2 p.m. on June 29th, 1995, an hour...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

How safe is your electric fence?

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Gardening for Treasure

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Growing Microgreens

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

The barnyard scramble

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

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Apples and sweet potatoes

Bread — The staff of life

Self-reliance

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

An $89 backup generator

Solar power for farm and ranch

Solar hot water systems

Solar Building Design

Guns and Hunting

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

By Massad Ayoob Issue #83 • September/October, 2003 If you've read American firearms history at all, you know the lore of the .45 automatic. How during...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Building the coyote rifle

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...