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Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

Fermenting Chicken Feed

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Once a day milking

Building

Shelves and benches

By David Lee Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Money doesn't buy happiness but it sure does buy a lot of stuff. If it is nice stuff...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

A house a tornado helped build

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Blueberry Cash Crop

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The barnyard scramble

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

Food and recipes

Keep the Ice On

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Veal Goulash

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

Self-reliance

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Storing dry foods

A worthwhile journey

Homestead helpers

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar Food Drying

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

The light at the end of the gun

Sight and sound enhancement

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...