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Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Brooder in a box

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Shake update

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Farm and Garden

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

The Home Citrus Orchard

Growing Strawberries

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

The barnyard scramble

Fried chicken for breakfast

The vanishing outhouse

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Pumpkin preserves

Orange honey pudding

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Self-reliance

The wonderful world of axes

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Buying a used mobile home

Energy

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Solar-powered refrigerators

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Building the coyote rifle

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...