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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a poultry killing cone

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

A river rock shower

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 The finished shower weighs a ton and cost about $800. Cultured stones, made of pumice and portland cement, weigh about...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Farm and Garden

Pruning Blueberries

By Kristina Seleshanko When we purchased our mountaintop homestead, I was excited to discover four blueberry bushes that were already established on our property. Not...

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

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Growing the Eternal Tomato

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Grandpa’s justice

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

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Cornmeal sour cream biscuits

Moroccan mint tea

Egg thingies

Scallop Crunch Appetizer

Self-reliance

Circle of friends

Preparing for winter

Homestead water

10 ways to make money on your land

Energy

Solar hot water systems

An $89 backup generator

Build a community assistance recharging station

Build your own battery charging station

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

How big a gun do you need?

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

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...