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Animals

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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

The homestead cat

Home Dairying

Building

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 From the architect's chair Before beginning any building project, it is usually beneficial, from a time and cost perspective,...

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

How safe is your electric fence?

Build a wood crib with free materials

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm and Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I...

Slug Zapper

Growing Productive Strawberries

Growing and Using Peppers

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Americana and History

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Breakfast Sausage Casserole

Grilled Steak with Olive-Blue Cheese Sauce

Chilies rellenos

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Self-reliance

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Make a quilt out of Levis

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar suitcase

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Build a community assistance recharging station

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Use the right ammunition!

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Tailoring guns to females

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...