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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Good-bye old friend

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Redworm farming

Building

Building and Using Wattle Fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Renovating old walls

Farm and Garden

Tracing a bean

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange (exchange.seedsavers.org/home) — an online...

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Love Those Green Beans

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

The Potato Hole

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

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

The vanishing outhouse

Constitution of the united States of America

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Piccalilli — A late summer bonus

Braised venison pepper steak

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Salsa

Self-reliance

Cash in on your household junk

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Energy

Build Your Own Car Wash

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No,...