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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising rabbits for profit

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Gabion walls for form and function

By Joe Mooney Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 I think there has to be something ingrained in the human brain that loves things built of stone....

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

A river rock shower

A house a tornado helped build

Build a stone wall

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Victory Gardens

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

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

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

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

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

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

The best apple pie you’ll ever bake

Nana V’s fire sauce

Pickled chili peppers

Self-reliance

Start a fire in any weather

Swedish log candle

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Your survival depends on water

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Power-up bag

Prepper power! Part 1

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Reload your own brass

Picking a holster

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

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...

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

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The world is ending! … Again?

Politics and Commentary

My View: Jury duty: The charge was rape

Getting the state out of marriage

How to achieve affordable health care

Our energy crisis Part 3 — Alternative energy resources for the nation and for the self-reliant