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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising rabbits for profit

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

By James Ballou Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 A certain degree of self reliance is obtainable by those who have the knowledge and skills, resourcefulness, courage,...

Three Raised Bed Designs

How to maintain a dirt road

Build a Trail

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fried chicken for breakfast

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Baked Beans, Two

Blunt family chili

Boston brown bread

Apple slaw

Self-reliance

Make a Sure-Fire Live Trap

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Woodstove cooking

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Job site solar power

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Homemade electric power

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...