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How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a Groundhog Snare

By Allen Easterly Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 In just a few minutes your completed snare is ready to put an end to your groundhog woes....

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

Buying the right emergency radio

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

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

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,...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Cold weather shooting considerations

The light at the end of the gun

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

Reaching for the stars during a recession

Introducing the international tax cartel

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

10 ways to make money on your land

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250 seed cloves of Chesnok and Russian Red garlic. I've been...

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold weather hits. Visions of blowing and drifting snow swirl in...