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Animals

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Renovating old walls

Build a chicken house in a day

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Build a Keyhole Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Americana and History

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The time-travel ad

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Of guns and snakes

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Just because

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

Animals

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Raising Rabbits

Animal disease traceability

Is that a good pig?

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016   As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely curled up next to the woodstove with a mug of...
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How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised. Backyard beekeeping is a lot...
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