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Building

Small engine maintenance for women

By Michelle Richards Issue #24 • November/December, 1993 How many small engines do you have on your homestead? I counted mine the other day and came...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a barrel stove

Building your chicken coop

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Thoughts on ammunition

Building the coyote rifle

Picking a holster

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

<!-- Avian Flu How afraid of this chicken should you be? By John Silveira --> Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Zombie Apocalypse

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Once a day milking

Raising your own beef for your family

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold weather hits. Visions of blowing and drifting snow swirl in...
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An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...
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