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Animals

Home Dairying

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Beekeeping basics

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a Groundhog Snare

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Install rafters alone the easy way

Farm and Garden

Gardening for Treasure

By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

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

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

The barnyard scramble

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Corned Beef Cakes

The perfect holiday meal

Spiced red beans

Mac’s lamb curry bake

Self-reliance

Storm survivors

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Take care of your knife

Energy

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

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Millenium Vehicles

Is steam power in your future?

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The Appleseed Project

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

The world is ending! … Again?

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Theories of the universe

Politics and Commentary

The destruction of the mass print media will help save freedom in America

Turn the poor into capitalists

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?

The real gun criminals

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

By Carrie Peterson Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Whether or not you are fond of rabbit stew, raising rabbits for meat can be a great experience...

Bottle-raise a calf

By Jackie Clay Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 If you think milk and beef are expensive in the grocery store, then you should think about raising...

Goat birthing and raising kids

Is that a good pig?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Get to know your spiders

Self-Reliance

Storm survivors

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

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

Stay clear of young wild animals

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool location. They are nutritious, too, being a great source of beta...

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Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...

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