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Building

Getting logs

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • March, 2004 Online Exclusive April 2003 Attention: Would-be loggers. There have been changes in policy at the United States Forest Service...

Build your own portable forge

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

Growing and Using Peppers

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Slug Zapper

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Science

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

<!-- Subduction zone tsunami --> By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coast—actually, just that...

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

A brief history of health and medicine

Politics and Commentary

Animals

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

By Karen McGeorge Sanders Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 It seems that farmers always need an extra pair of hands, but finding the money to pay...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Bovine basics for beginners

Once a day milking

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and with good reason. Beans are high in vitamins A, C...
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Garden Spaces for Small Places

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. — Minnie Aumonier Yes, and if your budget is lean and you want something green, there's...
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