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Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising your own beef for your family

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Build your own log home in the woods

By Jackie Clay (Photos by Bill Spaulding and Jackie Clay) Issue #72 • November/December, 2001 This is the third part of a three-part series. The first two parts...

The house that Dorothy built

Building and using wattle fences

Easy awnings

Build a chicken tractor

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Tea for the garden

Meat For the Homestead

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The greatest American who was never President

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

Veal Goulash

Honey Crunch Baked Apples

Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops

Self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

Generators alone are not enough

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Power your bug-out bag

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

Air power superiority

Just because

Canning game meat

Big boomer guns

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...