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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Building and Using Wattle Fences

A river rock shower

Farm and Garden

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...

The Best City Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Home-Grown Eggs

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...

Grandpa’s justice

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Easy-to-make farmer’s cheese

Texas Fireballs By Randy Young

Pumpkin preserves

Hamburger soup

Self-reliance

Preparing for winter

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Science and truth. Are they related?

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Time

Politics and Commentary

I stink! but that’s okay

Goodbye TV, hello constructive time

The false argument about defending our freedom

Guns Save Lives Chapter 1: Point Blank

Animals

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

Raising your own beef

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 Every time I sit down to enjoy a wonderful beef roast or perfectly grilled steak, I am so...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Self-Reliance

Buying a used mobile home

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...

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Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved Water Quality, You...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement at my practice of spreading animal manure as a fertilizer....

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