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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Is that a good pig?

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some...

How safe is your electric fence?

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Growing and Using Peppers

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Blueberry Cash Crop

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The greatest American who was never President

Catfish Biscuits

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Gather rose hips for health

Hummus

Successful cold storage

Tortellini Soup

Self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

I heat my house by burning corn

Drive your own freshwater well

Energy

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

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...

Air power superiority

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Women and guns

Affordable firearms

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...