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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Beekeeping basics

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Raising your own beef

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Choosing a chain saw

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

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...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Build a Keyhole Garden

Mid-season planting

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

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

Fried chicken for breakfast

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Hearty stews for the soul

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

Dublin Coddle

Pastoral bread

Self-reliance

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Essential oils

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Energy

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Solar hot water systems

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Thoughts on ammunition

Catch your own bait

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

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...