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A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Water pumping windmills

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #84 • November/December, 2004 The recent 2003 northeast electric grid failure taught the residents of many large cities what most rural residents learned years ago: Lights, air conditioners, televisions, stereos,...

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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

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...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Brooder in a box

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising cattle on your own place

Self-Reliance

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Turn your passion into a business

The art of living in small spaces

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at 4:00 AM by a rooster singing “cock-a-doodle-doo.” At this time...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden planning notebook. Although winter might feel like a time to...