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This coop is for the birds

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 You can buy a dozen eggs at the supermarket for 99 cents, or you can go out to...

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Gardening the Year ‘Round

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Caring for wounds in the field

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

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,...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

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

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Why you may want to get a stress test

The logic behind term limits and a historical perspective

How America can be saved from stupid people

Biological & chemical terrorism

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Goat birthing and raising kids

By Jackie Clay Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit tree growing method of the Greco-Roman world. Later, during the...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...