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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising your own beef

Is that a good pig?

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Easy awnings

Build a ski sled

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Saving Seeds

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

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...

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

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

Food and recipes

Hot Artichoke Dip

Tricia’s chicken chili

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Comfort foods of Ireland – hearty recipes from Grandma’s old file box

Self-reliance

This country job really rocks

The joys of making soap

Bugging out in place

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Energy

Hydronic woodstoves

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Power Up

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...