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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Bottle-raise a calf

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Farm and Garden

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Pruning Blueberries

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

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...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

The barnyard scramble

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Glazed carrots with peas and onions

Quince preserves

Making hard cider

Herbed cheese

Self-reliance

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Buying a used mobile home

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Is steam power in your future?

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

How big a gun do you need?

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

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...