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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Finding the best dog for the country life

Animal disease traceability

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

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

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

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

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

General Tso’s Chicken

Breakfast Cereal

Buckboard bacon

Self-reliance

Drive your own freshwater well

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

Homestead security for women

Teaching the joy of reading

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Solar suitcase

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Canning game meat

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

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...