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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising your own beef for your family

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

By Charles Sanders Issue #94 • July/August, 2005 Perhaps one of the most important innovations in modern plumbing has been the development of polyvinyl chloride (PVC),...

Build a barrel stove

Gabion walls for form and function

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build Your Own Hoop House

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

Testing Soil

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Love Those Green Beans

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Fried chicken for breakfast

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Nanny B’s benne bake

Food security 101: Part 1

Salmon loaf

Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs

Self-reliance

Making apple pectin

Circle of friends

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

The joys of making soap

Energy

Job site solar power

Homemade electric power

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Guns and Hunting

Air power superiority

When a well-placed shot is required, when stealth and quiet are called for, an air rifle may be the best option. By Gary Lewis Issue #151 • January/February,...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Big boomer guns

Use the right ammunition!

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...