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Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising your own beef for your family

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Building and stocking your pantry

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Building and stocking your pantry

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

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...

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

Perspectives on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin shooting

Questions about global warming

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

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

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

A young couple moves to the country

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries native to Europe and North America, along with some developed...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...