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Building

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Q. We have just purchased 15 acres, and our question is how to install our septic system, how...

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Build a Trail

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Tracing a bean

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...

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Catfish Biscuits

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Tailoring guns to females

Science

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

<!-- Subduction zone tsunami --> By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coast—actually, just that...

The many benefits of garlic

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Science and truth. Are they related?

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

By John Silveira Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 What would happen if all the honeybees disappeared? According to some pundits we'd see a collapse in much...

Good-bye old friend

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Raising cattle on your own place

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out. Every year there is almost one scrap tire created for...
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Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have for hundreds of years grown potatoes above ground in straw...
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