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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising cattle on your own place

Is that a good pig?

Good-bye old friend

Building

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

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

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a log crib

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Farm and Garden

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Build Your Own Hoop House

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

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

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

Fried chicken for breakfast

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Homemade healthy soba noodles

Canned bacon — Roll your own

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Lamb and Apricot Pilaff

Self-reliance

The many benefits of garlic

Life-saving snowshoes

A worthwhile journey

There’s no such thing as free land!

Energy

An $89 backup generator

Job site solar power

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Emergency solar power for $950

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Moderate power firearms

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...