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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Our journey to modern off-grid living

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.

Massad Ayoob on Guns

This blog, from a retired police captain and self-defense instructor, covers the use of different firearms, political musings, and self-defense tactics.

Farm and Garden

Three raised bed designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Companion Planting

Growing the eternal tomato

Graft your own designer fruit trees

Plant your Irish potatoes this fall or winter

Building

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Building your chicken coop

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Self-Reliance

The trigger line

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some...

The wonderful world of axes

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 In 1845, Henry David Thoreau began his now-classic experiment in self-reliance at Walden Pond. He soon realized that...

Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Raising your own beef

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep

Science and Education

Zombie Apocalypse

Science and truth. Are they related?

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest have to fear

Energy

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 Several weeks ago I received a call from a woman in Florida complaining that they just...

Portable solar power

Solar hot water systems

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First Ladies were fascinating

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Firearms

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Preparedness

7 Mistakes of food storage

Caring for wounds in the field

Bugging out in place

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

Storm survivors

Buying the right emergency radio

Articles By Dave Duffy

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...