Practical Ideas for Self-Reliant Living
Boost your immune system with fast and easy fish dishes
By Linda Gabris
When I was growing up in the rural woods, Grandpa and I did a lot of fishing from spring through fall so...
Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever
By Lisa LaFreniere
Issue #62 • March/April, 2000
Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and...
Follow Jackie Clay-Atkinson and her husband, Will, as they homestead a 120-acre piece of northern Minnesotan woods entirely off-grid. Sharing their homestead are horses, beef cattle, a milk cow, dairy goats, chickens and turkeys.
This blog, from a retired police captain and self-defense instructor, covers the use of different firearms, political musings, and self-defense tactics.
10 country do’s and don’ts
By Julie Crist
Issue #96 • November/December, 2005
When we moved from the city to the mountains, I kept my eyes open and my mouth shut...
Turn your passion into a business
By Patrice Lewis
Issue #150 • November/December, 2014
In 1993, my husband and I did something most people merely dream about: we chucked our professional nine-to-five...
The homestead cat
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...
Solar power for farm and ranch
By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E.
It may be surprising to learn that there are now all kinds of do-it-yourself solar powered devices specifically designed to...
Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles
By Massad Ayoob
Website Exclusive • January, 2004
Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...
Thoughts on ammunition
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #108 • November/December, 2007
Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...
Centennial of the All-American .30-06
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #100 • July/August, 2006
In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...
My View: Call Me Miracle Man!
By Dave Duffy
Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019
Superheroes are the rage these days at movie theaters. Even I am fascinated by them. Old style heroes...
