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Building

Build your own repeating mouse trap

By Allen Easterly Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Safety note: Because of drowning danger, 5-gallon buckets with any amount of water in them should never be...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Rural Building

Stairs — The next level

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016   As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Mid-season planting

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Gee-Whiz: Time

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

By Gene Sheley Issue #50 • March/April, 1998 Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

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

Beekeeping basics

Raising Rabbits

Once a day milking

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...
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Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There are several benefits to having a spot to start your...
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