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Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 From the architect's chair Before beginning any building project, it is usually beneficial, from a time and cost perspective,...

Small engine maintenance for women

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

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...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government

Which is better, a small town or city?

Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the UN and the media

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Raising cattle on your own place

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better, more efficient way to perform chores, especially chores that reoccurred...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...