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Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Get to know your spiders

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Build a pallet fence

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...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

The Homestead Greenhouse

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

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

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Persimmon bread

Jerusalem artichokes with brown rice

Baked chili relleno casserole

Pears in Caramel Syrup

Self-reliance

Harvest your own firewood

Teaching the joy of reading

The art of living in small spaces

The fire wick fire starter

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Solar power for farm and ranch

An $89 backup generator

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...