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Animals

Redworm farming

Goat birthing and raising kids

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

By Doug Fluckiger Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 My secret passion is tall, dark, and handsome. I may find her lying luxuriantly among a dark grove...

Small engine maintenance for women

Build a deluxe barrel stove

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers...

Slug Zapper

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The vanishing outhouse

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Food security 101: Part 1

Here are some cucumber pickles to make at home

Baked chili relleno casserole

Brining pickles by the quart or gallon

Self-reliance

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Caring for wounds in the field

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Build your own battery charging station

Solar-powered water purifiers

Guns and Hunting

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

By Massad Ayoob Issue #83 • September/October, 2003 If you've read American firearms history at all, you know the lore of the .45 automatic. How during...

Affordable firearms

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

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...