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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Where our farm animals come from

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

By Robert E. Kramer Issue #42 • November/December, 1996 Materials 1 propane or butane torch or campfire to heat up metal rod. 1 steel rod at...

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

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build a ski sled

Making and using a solar cooker

Farm and Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

Naughty Peppers

The Homestead Greenhouse

The Potato Hole

Propagating Plants

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Bacon-Avocado Potato Salad

Persimmon bread

Modify your oven to bake great bread

Hungarian venison stew

Self-reliance

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Homemade skin care products

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Energy class: Part 1

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

Of guns and snakes

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...