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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

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

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

By Michael Hackleman Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Hydronic, or radiant floor heating is a method of heating a home, shop, or other building with the...

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Build a homestead Copy Cart

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Currants and Gooseberries

Tea for the garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

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

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Fermented dill pickles

The incredible cattail — The super Wal-Mart of the swamp

Coconut Rice Pudding

Caribbean Barbecued Pork Steaks

Self-reliance

Homemade skin care products

Preparedness for travelers

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Energy

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

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...

Women and guns

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Moderate power firearms

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...