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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Brooder in a box

Get to know your spiders

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Keeping fresh water in front of our livestock in the winter has always been somewhat of a problem....

Build a wood crib with free materials

Our Unconventional House

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Farm and Garden

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Tracing a bean

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Home-Grown Eggs

Americana and History

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The barnyard scramble

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

CHILI MANIA — This all-American food came out of Texas to conquer the whole culinary world

Herbed cheese

Tomato and coriander salad

Boost your immune system with fast and easy fish dishes

Self-reliance

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

No dentist? Oh, no!

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Energy

Power-up bag

An $89 backup generator

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Building the coyote rifle

Choose your ammo… police style

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...