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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Raising rabbits for profit

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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...

Choosing a chain saw

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

The house that Dorothy built

Farm and Garden

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Testing Soil

Saving Seeds

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Fried chicken for breakfast

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Food and recipes

Venison Chili

Baked Cod with Summer Squash

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

How to can chopped garlic

Self-reliance

Drive your own freshwater well

There’s no such thing as free land!

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Dealing with heat stress

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...