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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a poultry killing cone

Bovine basics for beginners

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Building your chicken coop

Build a Groundhog Snare

Build Your Own Hoop House

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Mid-season planting

Saving Seeds

Okra — Not Just for the South

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

The barnyard scramble

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Catfish Biscuits

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Food and recipes

The chicken and the egg

Brining pickles by the quart or gallon

Blueberry wine jam

Sweet Ginger Eggs

Self-reliance

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Make a Sure-Fire Live Trap

Simplifying simplicity

Learning to love the high desert

Energy

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Hydronic woodstoves

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...