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Building

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

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

Choosing a chain saw

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Stairs — The next level

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman <!-- >!>!>!> Make content-2-col-left = 70% if activating this column --> Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

How to Grow Potatoes

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Building the coyote rifle

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

The world is ending! … Again?

Testing Soil

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

By Carrie Peterson Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Whether or not you are fond of rabbit stew, raising rabbits for meat can be a great experience...

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising Rabbits

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Is that a good pig?

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...
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How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy to store. Garlic is one of the most commonly used...
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