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Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Build a Trail

By Claire Wolfe Standing near the top of the trail, looking down. The bright sunny spot in the middle distance will...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 Year after year we start seeds, till the ground, plant, weed, harvest, then tear it all out at...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Making and using a solar cooker

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Putting it all on the Amtrak line for Self-Reliance magazine

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

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...

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Goat birthing and raising kids

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

A young couple moves to the country

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the early spring. We tried it both ways for many years...