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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Home Dairying

Raising rabbits for profit

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Build a chicken tractor

By Connie Rabun Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 In the beginning we had chickens...and no coop! Any homesteader knows that the number one rule is to...

Building and using wattle fences

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Getting logs

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Food and recipes

The perfect holiday meal

Vegetable Scramble

How to can chopped garlic

Hummingbird Cake

Self-reliance

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

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

13 steps to a life of freedom

Energy

Solar power for farm and ranch

Hydronic woodstoves

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Big boomer guns

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Thoughts on ammunition

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

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...