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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising cattle on your own place

Goat birthing and raising kids

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Building

Making and using a solar cooker

By Joe Radabaugh Issue #30 • November/December, 2004 Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods. The solar cookers available today really work and...

Gabion walls for form and function

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

A cabin for one

This coop is for the birds

Farm and Garden

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 A new electric fence attached to older traditional wood fencing More and more people are turning to...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Pruning Blueberries

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

The summer of ’35

Fried chicken for breakfast

Constitution of the united States of America

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Old World apple chutney

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Your honey will love your sweet buns

Self-reliance

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Make a quilt out of Levis

Energy

Solar Building Design

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Hydronic woodstoves

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...