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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Brooder in a box

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Redworm farming

Building

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

By David Lee Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Curse or not, times are interesting....

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Rural Building

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Tricia’s chicken chili

Country-style Pork Stew

Blunt family chili

Green Shrimp Soup

Self-reliance

Dealing with heat stress

Learning to love the high desert

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Solar-powered water purifiers

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...