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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

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

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Brooder in a box

Building

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

By Dynah Geissal Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 When we moved to our land in the summer of 1994, we were fortunate that open grazing exists...

The Forever Floor

Build an all-purpose ladder

Build a Trail

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

The Potato Hole

Propagating Plants

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Okra — Not Just for the South

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....

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Remembering what grandma used

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Cauliflower-Ham Chowder

Pita bread

Sourdough simplified

Self-reliance

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Simplifying simplicity

Garden injuries

Energy

Prepper power! Part 1

Millenium Vehicles

Solar-powered refrigerators

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Just because

Sight and sound enhancement

Cold weather shooting considerations

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...