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Animals

Building

Gabion walls for form and function

By Joe Mooney Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 I think there has to be something ingrained in the human brain that loves things built of stone....

Build a compost tumbler

Rural Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Farm and Garden

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

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

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...

Affordable firearms

Reload your own brass

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Building the coyote rifle

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,...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Home Dairying

Raising your own beef

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...
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Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I have a lot of "old reliable" varieties that I grow...
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