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Building

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

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

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build a log crib

A cabin for one

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at...

Growing Potatoes in Straw

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

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...

Air power superiority

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Moderate power firearms

Reload your own brass

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu — Novel Influenza A (H1N1) —...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The many benefits of garlic

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of elderberry cordial. When served in a small aperitif glass or...
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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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