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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #172 • July/August, 2018 Like most young folks today, our son David graduated high school, got a job, and went to college...

Getting logs

Build an attached solar greenhouse

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Growing Microgreens

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Making delicious, unthinkable wines

Four Pepper Pheasant

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Apple butter

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Swedish log candle

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Energy

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Job site solar power

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

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...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Tailoring guns to females

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...