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Animals

Is that a good pig?

Raising rabbits for profit

Beekeeping basics

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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 stone wall

Making and using a solar cooker

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

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...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Grow some winter squash this year

Mid-season planting

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

The time-travel ad

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Remembering what grandma used

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Pizza Casserole

Hamburger soup

Brew your own root beer

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Self-reliance

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Food security 101

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

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

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The light at the end of the gun

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...