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Switch your family to goat’s milk

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Building and using wattle fences

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Caring for your chickens in winter

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...

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

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...

Let’s stop apologizing for guns

Reflecting on a life in the woods, and looking ahead

The state of freedom in America

My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

Raising cattle on your own place

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Caring for wounds in the field

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but you can grow a home "backyard" orchard of oranges, lemons,...