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Animals

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

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Is that a good pig?

Building

How to Install a Steel Roof

By Morgan Barker  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 Steel roofing isn't just for factories and barns...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build a poultry killing cone

Building your chicken coop

Building a $3,000 Barn

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Easy homemade dairy products

Blanching vegetables

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

Self-reliance

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

The community treasure chest

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Preparing for winter

Energy

Homemade electric power

Energy class: Part 1

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Guns and Hunting

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Picking a holster

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

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...