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Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Animal disease traceability

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

This coop is for the birds

Shake update

A cabin for one

Build a compost tumbler

Farm and Garden

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit...

Growing and Using Peppers

Pruning Blueberries

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

How to Grow Great Carrots

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Constitution of the united States of America

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Oregon Grape Jam

Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Peach Sauce

Sunday night dinner

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Self-reliance

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Homestead security for women

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Digging a shallow well

Energy

Keep the Ice On

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

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...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Catch your own bait

How big a gun do you need?

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...