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Animals

Bottle-raise a calf

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Get to know your spiders

Building

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

By Dynah Geissal Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 When we moved to our land in the summer of 1994, we were fortunate that open grazing exists...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Rural Building

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Farm and Garden

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space...

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

Pruning Blueberries

Sweet Potato Greens

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Apple and Potato Soup

Pickled nopalitos

Czarist Chicken Salad

Self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Survival/utility vest

Power your bug-out bag

Building and stocking your pantry

Energy

An $89 backup generator

Power-up bag

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Solar-powered water purifiers

Guns and Hunting

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...