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Animals

Good-bye old friend

Raising rabbits for profit

Home Dairying

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

By David Lee Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 The reflected image in the mirrored letters give a "see-through" illusion to the sign and the tree. Stained glass...

Making and using a solar cooker

Choosing a chain saw

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Farm and Garden

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

How to Grow Great Carrots

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Catfish Biscuits

The greatest American who was never President

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Wild edibles in delectable dishes

Preserving plums

Dilled oyster crackers

Picnicking with class!

Self-reliance

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Avoiding heat illness

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Prepper power! Part 1

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...