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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Raising cattle on your own place

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Bottle-raise a calf

Building

Build Your Own Car Wash

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 Completed car wash in operation If someone told me a year ago that I would have a...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Build a Composter

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Peppers

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Build a Keyhole Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The greatest American who was never President

The vanishing outhouse

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Fresh cucumber delight

Spicy Beef and Peppers

Nanny B’s benne bake

Chocolate crinkles

Self-reliance

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Caveman walking stick

Avoiding heat illness

Preparing for civil unrest

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Cold weather shooting considerations

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...