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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

By Jane Duquette Issue #148 • July/August, 2014 For delicious squaw candy, start with the freshest fish. One fresh July evening at our summer cabin in Soldotna,...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day...

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

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Constitution of the united States of America

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

Tahini — A health food par-excellence

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

By Massad Ayoob Issue #83 • September/October, 2003 If you've read American firearms history at all, you know the lore of the .45 automatic. How during...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Should both drugs and guns be legal?

Dealing with Liberals and History

The ‘Curious Guy’ and the ‘Offended Woman’

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

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

By Karen McGeorge Sanders Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 It seems that farmers always need an extra pair of hands, but finding the money to pay...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

The art of living in small spaces

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large or small varieties. Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 When we dig in...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit tree growing method of the Greco-Roman world. Later, during the...