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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Good-bye old friend

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

New invention— The Fencerunner

By Dietmar Berg Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Here's a gadget I developed to run barb or barbless wire. You mount it on the back of...

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Build a poultry killing cone

Build a Groundhog Snare

Farm and Garden

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Propagating Plants

Garden Spaces for Small Places

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...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The summer of ’35

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Homemade pizza

Challah

Making dandelions palatable

Southern mint julep

Self-reliance

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

New yarn from old sweaters

Energy

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...