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Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Grow some winter squash this year

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Creamy white bean soup with kale

A young couple moves to the country

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Science and truth. Are they related?

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Reflecting on a life in the woods, and looking ahead

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

A history lesson from Ayn Rand

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything you could need and with online shopping, you don’t even...