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

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

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

Plant your Irish potatoes this fall or winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Growing Strawberries

Naughty peppers

Use plastic to get a head start on corn in the...

Building

Make adobe bricks

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Three raised bed designs

Self-Reliance

Dehydrating eggs at home

Make a sure-fire live trap

By Charles Sanders Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Every now and then, wild critters wear out their welcome around the homeplace. Gardens are raided, garbage cans...

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

By George Stancliffe Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 For over two years, I have had the hobby of teaching speed reading to people in the community...

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

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The world is ending! … Again?

A brief history of health and medicine

How big is the solar system?

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

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Constitution of the united States of America

Grandpa’s justice

Catfish Biscuits

Firearms

How big a gun do you need?

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Preparedness

Preparing for a temporary catastrophe

Food security 101

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Stashing junk silver for bad times

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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...