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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Raising your own beef

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

Build a Trail

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Making and using a solar cooker

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

Farm and Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time...

The Potato Hole

Three Raised Bed Designs

Blueberry Cash Crop

Okra — Not Just for the South

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

The vanishing outhouse

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Española eggs

Danish Meat Balls

Pasteurizing milk

Red flannel hash

Self-reliance

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Cut your grocery bill in half

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Pump water for free

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Waterpower for personal use

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...