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Animals

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

Fermenting Chicken Feed

A contrary guide to feeding animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Build your own log home in the woods

By Jackie Clay (Photos by Bill Spaulding and Jackie Clay) Issue #72 • November/December, 2001 This is the third part of a three-part series. The first two parts...

Build a Trail

Shake update

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Farm and Garden

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

Grow some winter squash this year

Home-Grown Eggs

Love Those Green Beans

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

The barnyard scramble

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Lenie in the kitchen: Lemon scones, pound cake, and pie

Sorrento Salad

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Danish Meat Balls

Self-reliance

Drive your own freshwater well

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Homestead security for women

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Solar hot water systems

Prepper power! Part 1

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Guns and Hunting

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

By Massad Ayoob Issue #83 • September/October, 2003 If you've read American firearms history at all, you know the lore of the .45 automatic. How during...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

The Appleseed Project

How big a gun do you need?

Women and guns

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...