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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising cattle on your own place

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Where our farm animals come from

Building

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

By Melissa Souza  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 My family is committed to becoming as self-sufficient...

Build a homestead Copy Cart

A simple backwoods hay baler

The house that Dorothy built

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

Tracing a bean

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange (exchange.seedsavers.org/home) — an online...

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Companion Planting

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Fried chicken for breakfast

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Grandpa’s justice

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

How to tell a bad egg

Caribbean Barbecued Pork Steaks

Pistachio-Mocha Chicken

Pickled chili peppers

Self-reliance

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Emergency solar power for $950

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

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Moderate power firearms

Sight and sound enhancement

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Of guns and snakes

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...