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Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Brooder in a box

Raising Rabbits

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...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build a Groundhog Snare

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

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Propagating Plants

Testing Soil

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Remembering what grandma used

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Successful cold storage

Chicken with galanga in coconut milk soup

Chocolate Babka

Boost your immune system with fast and easy fish dishes

Self-reliance

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Circle of friends

Getting logs

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Energy

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Waterpower for personal use

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Just because

Sight and sound enhancement

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...