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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Raising Rabbits

Redworm farming

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

Never underestimate a woman

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #32 Mar/Apr 1998 (In the May/June issue , we published an article by Dorothy Ainsworth titled "Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log...

Build Your Own Car Wash

Shake update

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Build a chicken house in a day

Farm and Garden

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

The barnyard scramble

The summer of ’35

Fried chicken for breakfast

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

Cajun-baked turnip

Chicken chili

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Lamb Curry with Yogurt

Self-reliance

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Energy

Solar Building Design

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar Food Drying

Is steam power in your future?

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...

Sight and sound enhancement

Thoughts on ammunition

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Reload your own brass

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...

The world is ending! … Again?

Testing Soil

A brief history of health and medicine

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Politics and Commentary

Goodbye TV, hello constructive time

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

“Gun control” for dummies

Personal guns getting to be in style

Animals

Raising your own beef

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 Every time I sit down to enjoy a wonderful beef roast or perfectly grilled steak, I am so...

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Redworm farming

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

Bottle-raise a calf

Self-Reliance

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

How to maintain your chimney

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...

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 early spring. We tried it both ways for many years...