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Animals

Redworm farming

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

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

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Building and stocking your pantry

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Farm and Garden

Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the...

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Propagating Grapes

Currants and Gooseberries

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

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

Grandpa’s justice

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Apple barbeque sauce

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Spicy Beef

Eggnog

Self-reliance

Drive your own freshwater well

Brood X

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Breastfeeding — A primer

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar-powered chicken coop

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Tailoring guns to females

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

The light at the end of the gun

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...