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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising your own beef

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Where our farm animals come from

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

How to Install a Steel Roof

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Spiced red beans

Lemon-Tarragon Veal

Keep the Ice On

Galumbki

Self-reliance

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Homestead security for women

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Millenium Vehicles

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...