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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

Easy awnings

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 A window without an awning is like a lamp without a shade bare and glaring. In my...

Install rafters alone the easy way

Build a stone wall

Shelves and benches

How safe is your electric fence?

Farm and Garden

Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Build a Keyhole Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Saving Seeds

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...

Constitution of the united States of America

The summer of ’35

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Lentil and meat stew

Brew your own root beer

These salads are hearty dishes

Pecan Crusted Trout

Self-reliance

Garden injuries Part 2

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Cut your grocery bill in half

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Cold weather shooting considerations

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Science

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

The coming ice age

Theories of the universe

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Politics and Commentary

A reason for the Second Amendment

The tenuous hold of honesty in modern America

Our energy crisis Part 1 — It’s our creation, but we can fix it

Can the U.N. Ban America’s Guns?