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Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Our Unconventional House

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

How to Install a Steel Roof

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolver—or at least introduced it to America—in 1836. The...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

<!-- Avian Flu How afraid of this chicken should you be? By John Silveira --> Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

The world is ending! … Again?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Insects

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

By Dynah Geissal Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year's work and of sadness...

Where our farm animals come from

<!-- Where our farm animals come from By John Silveira --> Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

The homestead cat

Beekeeping basics

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to plant. When spring arrives you'll be ready. Spring is the best...
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Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...
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