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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising your own beef

Brooder in a box

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

By Melissa Souza  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 My family is committed to becoming as self-sufficient...

Small engine maintenance for women

Choosing a chain saw

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Farm and Garden

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Tea for the garden

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Remembering what grandma used

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

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Food and recipes

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Heart healthy recipes

Winter baking warms the house

Homemade healthy soba noodles

Self-reliance

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Small camp security

Energy

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

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

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

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...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Air power superiority

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

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...