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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising your own beef for your family

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Brooder in a box

Building

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Choosing a chain saw

Our Unconventional House

Claw Hammers

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Farm and Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Fried chicken for breakfast

The vanishing outhouse

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

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Root vegetable casserole

Lenie in the kitchen: Lemon scones, pound cake, and pie

Zucchini with green chilies

Self-reliance

Disaster preparation!

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar power trailer Part 2

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Thoughts on ammunition

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...