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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Build a Groundhog Snare

By Allen Easterly Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 In just a few minutes your completed snare is ready to put an end to your groundhog woes....

Three Raised Bed Designs

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Building and using wattle fences

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

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...

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Companion Planting

Victory Gardens

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

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

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

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

Catfish Biscuits

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Baked Cod with Summer Squash

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

Old-fashioned hot chocolate

Spider rice casserole

Self-reliance

10 ways to make money on your land

Buy your country place from the government

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

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Energy

Power-up bag

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...