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Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Beekeeping basics

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Is that a good pig?

Building

Build a pallet fence

By Clay Sawyer Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now...

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Shake update

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Sweet Potato Greens

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

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

Food and recipes

Zucchini custard pie

Zucchini casserole

Hummingbird Cake

Canning game meat

Self-reliance

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

How to make money from storage building auctions

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

13 steps to a life of freedom

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Solar power trailer Part 1

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...