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Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Is that a good pig?

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Animal disease traceability

Building

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Building your chicken coop

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Woodbarrow

Farm and Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Tea for the garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

Remembering what grandma used

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Nana V’s fire sauce

Keep the Ice On

Baked Spaghetti

Self-reliance

Making apple pectin

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Defeating debt

What to do when there’s no doctor

Energy

Build Your Own Car Wash

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Solar suitcase

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Tailoring guns to females

Moderate power firearms

The light at the end of the gun

Affordable firearms

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...