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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Raising your own beef

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Gabion walls for form and function

By Joe Mooney Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 I think there has to be something ingrained in the human brain that loves things built of stone....

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

Build a Groundhog Snare

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Blueberry Cash Crop

Saving Seeds

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The greatest American who was never President

The time-travel ad

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Pizza Casserole

Brew your own root beer

Ten Marinades For Summer

Never too busy to make bread

Self-reliance

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Turn your passion into a business

The accidental homesteader

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Water pumping windmills

Keep the Ice On

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Women and guns

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...