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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Once a day milking

Build a poultry killing cone

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Building Eric’s house

Build a pallet fence

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Shelves and benches

Farm and Garden

The Potato Hole

By Sylvia Gist Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh...

Victory Gardens

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Growing Microgreens

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Introduction to water bath canning

Stuffed sweet peppers

Waldorf salad

Canned bacon — Roll your own

Self-reliance

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Take care of your knife

Flea market stories and strategies

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Energy

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Picking a holster

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Just because

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Gee-Whiz: Insects

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Testing Soil

Politics and Commentary

Our energy crisis Part 1 — It’s our creation, but we can fix it

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

Want proof of luck, ESP, and psychic powers?

Understanding the gun debate, part 1