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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Finding the best dog for the country life

Bovine basics for beginners

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

How to Install a Steel Roof

Installing a steel roof

Farm and Garden

Gardening the Year ‘Round

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Testing Soil

Build a Composter

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Constitution of the united States of America

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Apple ham salad

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Easy raspberry jam

Corn and nopalito salsa

Self-reliance

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

The fire wick fire starter

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Energy

Solar hot water systems

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar power trailer Part 1

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...