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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

Make adobe bricks

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Last winter I got a phone call from an old friend in Arizona. One of his sons...

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Install rafters alone the easy way

Build a Trail

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Farm and Garden

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Blueberry Cash Crop

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

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...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

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

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

Blackened Chicken With Guacamole And Black Beans

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Potato Latkes

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Self-reliance

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

Avoiding heat illness

The fire wick fire starter

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

An $89 backup generator

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...