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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising Rabbits

Building

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

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Gabion walls for form and function

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

How to Grow Great Carrots

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Catfish Biscuits

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Heart healthy recipes

Honey whole wheat bread

Lentil and meat stew

The incredible cattail — The super Wal-Mart of the swamp

Self-reliance

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Making maple syrup

Survival infection control

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

Energy class: Part 1

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...