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Animals

Home Dairying

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Build an attached solar greenhouse

By David Lee Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 We planned it to be permanent, well built, and able to withstand the extremes of temperature, humidity, and...

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build Your Own Car Wash

A river rock shower

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Saving Seeds

Love Those Green Beans

Three Raised Bed Designs

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...

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

Fly it proudly and properly

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

Sweet potato pudding

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-reliance

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

This country job really rocks

Bath herbs

Energy

Energy class: Part 1

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

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Use the right ammunition!

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...