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Building

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

By Joe Mooney Issue #146 • March/April, 2014 Using a corrugated road culvert as a cistern is an economical way to add to your water storage....

Build your own repeating mouse trap

How to Install a Steel Roof

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Getting logs

Farm and Garden

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

How to Grow Potatoes

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Naughty Peppers

Saving Seeds

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America:   A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The barnyard scramble

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Women and guns

Science

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

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

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it—"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Finding the best dog for the country life

By Anita Evangelista Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 When you're looking for a dog to fit into your country life, there are few other topics as...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Animal disease traceability

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Gardening for Treasure

<!-- Gardening for treasure By Alice B. Yeager --> By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large or small varieties. Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 When we dig in...
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Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only in fooling those pesky pests who thrive on fruits and...
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