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Animals

Raising Rabbits

Raising rabbits for profit

Where our farm animals come from

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Build an all-purpose ladder

Shelves and benches

This coop is for the birds

Farm and Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers...

Build a Keyhole Garden

Build a Composter

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Americana and History

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Fried chicken for breakfast

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Homemade baking extracts

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

More tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

Buying the right emergency radio

10 country do’s and don’ts

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Energy

Dim bulbs in California

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar suitcase

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...