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Americana and History

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not...

Fly it proudly and properly

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Goat birthing and raising kids

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...

How to Install a Steel Roof

How safe is your electric fence?

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Energy

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Energy class: Part 1

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Food and recipes

Beef and Cabbage Soup

Pasteurizing milk

Butterpeas

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Politics and Commentary

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

Let’s stop apologizing for guns

Why you may want to get a stress test

My View: Call Me Miracle Man!

Farm and Garden

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Love Those Green Beans

Fruit Trees

Blueberry Cash Crop

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

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...

Tailoring guns to females

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

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...