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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Finding the best dog for the country life

Slaughtering and Butchering

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Build a pallet fence

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

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

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...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Companion Planting

Testing Soil

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

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

The greatest American who was never President

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Tomato and coriander salad

You can safely and easily can your own meat

Chicken Enchiladas

Introduction to water bath canning

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — A primer

Cleaning a well

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Cut your grocery bill in half

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Solar suitcase

Solar-powered chicken coop

Making and using a solar cooker

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...