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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

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

Where our farm animals come from

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

By Martin Harris Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 When you strip away all the frills, building construction is nothing more than enclosing a volume of space...

Rural Building

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Build an all-purpose ladder

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Farm and Garden

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this,...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

The summer of ’35

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Grandpa’s justice

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Canning Steelhead and Tuna

Elegant desserts for entertaining

Skillet Spanish rice

Country-style Pork Stew

Self-reliance

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

I heat my house by burning corn

Swedish log candle

Homestead helpers

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Millenium Vehicles

Emergency solar power for $950

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Tailoring guns to females

Affordable firearms

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...