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Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

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

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Build Your Own Car Wash

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 Completed car wash in operation If someone told me a year ago that I would have a...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Rural Building

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Woodbarrow

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

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

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Braised rabbit with red wine

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Cooking from long-term food storage

Self-reliance

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

The Trigger Line

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Add solar power to your truck camper

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...