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Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Good-bye old friend

Raising rabbits for profit

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Building

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Shelves and benches

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Mid-season planting

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Grandpa’s justice

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

Food and recipes

Basic chicken broth

Basic biscotti cookie

Easy raspberry jam

Pickled chili peppers

Self-reliance

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Flea market stories and strategies

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Energy class: Part 3

Battery powered weekend retreat

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...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Picking a holster

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...