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Animals

Raising your own beef

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Where our farm animals come from

Animal disease traceability

Building

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

By Armand O. Deblois Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Cold stored fruits and vegetables are the next best thing to fresh-picked. Flavor and texture change little...

Getting logs

Build a ski sled

A river rock shower

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Farm and Garden

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some...

Love Those Green Beans

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Growing Strawberries

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

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...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Baking Bread

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Tetsukabuto squash pie

Corn and nopalito salsa

Self-reliance

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

A worthwhile journey

Bartering for bad times

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

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

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Of guns and snakes

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Sight and sound enhancement

Big boomer guns

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...