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Animals

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

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Get to know your spiders

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

By Rick Brentlinger Issue #53 • September/October, 1998 If I could show you how to manufacture a product anywhere in the country and if I offered...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Farm and Garden

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I...

Propagating Plants

Growing and Using Peppers

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Okra — Not Just for the South

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The time-travel ad

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Chicken with galanga in coconut milk soup

Chicken Enchiladas

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Blunt family chili

Self-reliance

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Cast iron

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Power-up bag

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

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...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Just because

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Politics and Commentary

Things kids should learn before leaving high school, but don’t

Book Review: Guns Save Lives — True Stories of Americans Defending Their Lives with Firearms

Body language and threat recognition

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’