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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Good-bye old friend

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #172 • July/August, 2018 Like most young folks today, our son David graduated high school, got a job, and went to college...

Build a chicken tractor

Build a pallet fence

Getting logs

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Tracing a bean

Caring for your chickens in winter

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Chocolate — Food for the Gods

Old-fashioned hot chocolate

Vegetable Scramble

Mint julep non-alcoholic

Self-reliance

How to organize an outdoor canning party

I heat my house by burning corn

Power your bug-out bag

Earning money from home

Energy

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Homemade electric power

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Reload your own brass

Moderate power firearms

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...