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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Where our farm animals come from

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

The Forever Floor

By David Lee Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 It is pretty devious starting off an article with an exaggeration but now that I have your attention...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Build your own portable forge

Build a barrel stove

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done...

Grow some winter squash this year

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

The barnyard scramble

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Bob’s basic breads for beginners, bachelors, barbarians, and backwoodsmen

Jambalaya stew

Mexican Stuffed Shells

Self-reliance

Stay clear of young wild animals

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

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

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Energy

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Solar Food Drying

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Reload your own brass

Catch your own bait

Science

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Testing Soil

Politics and Commentary

My View: Gaining an appreciation for risk

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

Why I’m nice to telemarketers

Which wars work best? The ones we fight or the ones we avoid?