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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising cattle on your own place

Finding the best dog for the country life

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Building and Using Wattle Fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Building Eric’s house

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Peppers

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There...

Build a Composter

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Tracing a bean

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....

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Catfish Biscuits

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

Jo’s Kentucky-fried cole slaw

Making good jerky

Canning chickens for the pantry

Self-reliance

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

How we found our remote backwoods home

Breastfeeding — A primer

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Energy

Is steam power in your future?

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Power Up

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...