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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Raising your own beef

Redworm farming

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build your own log home in the woods

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

A simple backwoods hay baler

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Build a Keyhole Garden

The $1 Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

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

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

Jo’s Kentucky-fried cole slaw

Cool dishes for formal summer dining

Chilies rellenos

Self-reliance

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Getting logs

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

The light at the end of the gun

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Catch your own bait

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...