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Animals

Raising your own beef

Brooder in a box

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Stairs — The next level

A cabin for one

Build Your Own Car Wash

Farm and Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Tea for the garden

Companion Planting

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Broccoli and Ziti

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Cheesy fish chowder

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Self-reliance

Storing dry foods

Tale of a country family

Take care of your knife

7 Mistakes of food storage

Energy

Grid-down battery devices

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Use the right ammunition!

Cold weather shooting considerations

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Science and truth. Are they related?

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

The world’s least-free country

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

Libertarian and Conservative

Here are some answers to often-asked questions of anti-gunners