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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Building and using wattle fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Build a Groundhog Snare

Choosing a chain saw

Making and using a solar cooker

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have...

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

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The time-travel ad

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

Orange honey pudding

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Old World apple chutney

Self-reliance

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Harvest your own firewood

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

10 country do’s and don’ts

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

Solar power trailer Part 2

Solar power trailer Part 1

Water pumping windmills

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Moderate power firearms

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...