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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

Redworm farming

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Brooder in a box

Building

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

Build a chicken house in a day

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build a pizza oven

Farm and Garden

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

Victory Gardens

The Best City Garden

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

The greatest American who was never President

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The time-travel ad

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

Food and recipes

Bread pudding

Pastoral bread

Fresh cucumber delight

Honey Crunch Baked Apples

Self-reliance

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Flea market stories and strategies

Preparing for civil unrest

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Energy

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Build a community assistance recharging station

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

Thoughts on ammunition

Building the coyote rifle

Cold weather shooting considerations

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...