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Bumper-to-bumper traffic, huge supermarket warehouses, outrageous utility bills — facts of every day life, right? Wrong! There is a better life. It’s simpler, healthier and more satisfying, and Mother Earth News can help you live it. The Best of Mother Earth News: Original E-book Collection is a set of e-books featuring the best original content from the pages of the magazine.

Each e-book explores topics ranging from renewable energy advice and practical homesteading solutions to creative natural building methods. Sustainability experts and novices alike will find what they’ve been looking for in this unmatched collection. This comprehensive set includes more than 500 pages of tips, stories and diagrams – for one low price!

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• Heat Your Home for Free
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• 21st Century Homesteading
• New! Guide to Raising Poultry
• New! Build it Yourself
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Gardening A-Z brings you the best in vegetable gardening tips and instructions. With this handy, informative guide, you can choose the right varieties for your particular garden and discover new options you’ve never considered before. Our expert and time-tested advice will help you grow healthy, beautiful vegetables, which includes:

• Seven steps to growing superior asparagus spears
• Sweet beets, one of the sweetest and most nutritious of all vegetables
• Beautiful and bountiful broccoli
• Grow your own corn with the freshest flavor
• Start a cold-hardy crop of kale now for sweet soups and salads this winter
• Discover which types of onions are the best choices for your garden and kitchen
• Parsnips the ivory jewel of the root vegetables
• Fresh peas from the garden are a sweet and nutritious treat
• Peppers are easy to raise and as versatile as they are various
• Dozens of different varieties of potatoes you can grow in your garden

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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: The software on this version of Mother Earth News 101 DIY Projects CD, Vol. 1, triggers a security breech when updating to version 7 or higher of Java. While an internet connection is not required to access the content on this CD, it does require an internet browser with Java for viewing the files. As a result of the security breech, the files on this CD cannot be viewed once Java has been updated to version 7 or higher.

We've assembled the 101 most-read DIY projects based on website traffic, and now we're making them available to you in an easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like our popular Mother Earth News Archive on CD-ROM.

Selected from nearly 40 years of material, this collection provides enough fun, rewarding projects to keep you busy every single weekend for a full year!

Learn to build a:

• tomato cage
• solar food dehydrator
• solar heat grabber
• cider press
• hot tub
• pipe xylophone
• home office desk
• super-efficient fireplace
• And more!!!

• With an IBM-compatible computer: Microsoft® Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) or newer; with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or newer. You also will need Java Virtual Machine (VM) version 1.3 (free download from www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) or newer browser plug-in with Java enabled on your browser and computer.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: The software on this version of 119 Home Cooking and Healthy Recipes CD triggers a security breech when updating to version 7 or higher of Java. While an internet connection is not required to access the content on this CD, it does require an internet browser with Java for viewing the files. As a result of the security breech, the files on this CD cannot be viewed once Java has been updated to version 7 or higher.

We've assembled our most-popular recipes and home-cooking articles and now we're making them available to you in this easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like our popular Mother Earth News Archive on CD-ROM.

Selected from nearly 40 years of material, this collection provides 330 all-natural, down-home and delicious recipes.

You'll find recipes for:

• Grandfather's Beef and Vegetable Stew
• Superquick Ricotta
• Parmesan Parsley Millet Muffins
• Spicy Eggplant Salad
• Caponata
• Homemade Jerky
• Tabouli
• Lentil Burgers
• Sprout Hummus
• BBQ Chicken
• Root Beer
• Chocolate Cupcake-Muffins
• Gooseberry Pie
• Cornelian Cherry Preserve
• And many more!

• With an IBM-compatible computer: Microsoft® Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) or newer; with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or newer. You also will need Java Virtual Machine (VM) version 1.3 (free download from www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) or newer browser plug-in with Java enabled on your browser and computer.
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We've assembled our best homesteading articles and packaged them in one easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like our popular Mother Earth News Archives on CD-ROM.

Selected from more than 40 years of material, this collection includes a wide selection of do-it-yourself projects for your house, farm or homestead. You'll find tips on raising chickens and other livestock, as well as detailed information on preserving food, making cheese and other skills that can help you live a more self-reliant, frugal life.

You'll find articles about:

• Root cellars
• Raising a backyard dairy cow
• Earth-sheltered homes
• Making soap
• Building and installing fences
• Home insulation
• Composting
• Solar energy
• Pest control
• Making preserves
• Plumbing
• Training a guard dog
• Growing vegetables and fruit trees
• Beekeeping

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• With an Apple Computer: Mac OS X with Safari 3.2.525.27.1 or newer and Java. Use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.
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The editors of MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine have assembled some of their most popular organic gardening articles and compiled them in this easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like their popular MOTHER EARTH NEWS Archive on CD-ROM.

Selected from 40 years of material, this collection provides 179 practical, insightful articles, including information, tips and advice for:

• cold frame gardening
• growing dwarf fruit trees and nut trees
• biodynamic gardening
• growing $700 of food in 100 square feet
• hydroponic greenhouse gardening
• growing great salads year-round
• gardening with organic pesticides
• growing apples for homemade cider
• indestructible tomato cages
• starting your own seeds
• building fertile soil
• growing colorful bell peppers
• the best organic ways to eliminate weeds
• extending your growing season
• planting an edible forest garden
• and so much more!

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We've assembled 94 of our most-popular natural health and wellness articles, intended to educate and inspire you to live a more natural lifestyle, practice healthy nutrition, take advantage of natural healing methods and more. Now, we're making them available to you in this easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like our popular Mother Earth News Archives on CD-ROM.

Selected from nearly 40 years of material, this collection provides all the unique, focused information you need to achieve health and wellness the natural way.

Categories include:

• Allergy Relief
• All-Natural Home Remedies
• Healing with Herbs
• Eating for Your Health
• Healthy Living Tips
• Pests and Your Health

• With an IBM-compatible computer: Microsoft® Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) or newer; with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or newer. You also will need Java Virtual Machine (VM) version 1.3 (free download from www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) or newer browser plug-in with Java enabled on your browser and computer.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: The software on this version of Mother Earth News Practical 101 DIY Projects CD, Vol. 2, triggers a security breech when updating to version 7 or higher of Java. While an internet connection is not required to access the content on this CD, it does require an internet browser with Java for viewing the files. As a result of the security breech, the files on this CD cannot be viewed once Java has been updated to version 7 or higher.

This second collection of Mother Earth News' most popular DIY articles provides enough fun, rewarding projects to keep you and your family busy all year long. Made available to you in an easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like our popular Mother Earth News Archive on CD-ROM.

Selected from nearly 40 years of material, this collection provides 147 articles for enough fun, rewarding projects to keep you busy every single weekend for a full year!

You can learn how to:

• build a rabbit hutch
• make your own tiles
• build a log cabin
• build a solar water heater
• build a natural swimming pool
• make a kite from recycled materials
• And more!!!

• With an IBM-compatible computer: Microsoft® Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) or newer; with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or newer. You also will need Java Virtual Machine (VM) version 1.3 (free download from www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) or newer browser plug-in with Java enabled on your browser and computer.
• With an Apple Computer: Mac OS X with Safari 3.2.525.27.1 or newer and Java. Use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: The software on this version of Mother Earth News 101 Practical DIY Projects CD, Vol. 3, triggers a security breech when updating to version 7 or higher of Java. While an internet connection is not required to access the content on this CD, it does require an internet browser with Java for viewing the files. As a result of the security breech, the files on this CD cannot be viewed once Java has been updated to version 7 or higher.

This third collection of Mother Earth News' most popular DIY articles provides enough fun, rewarding projects to keep you and your family busy all year long. Made available to you in an easy-to-use CD-ROM format, just like our popular Mother Earth News Archive on CD-ROM.

Selected from more than 40 years of material, this collection provides 101 articles for enough fun, rewarding projects to keep you busy every single weekend for a full year!

You can learn how to:

• Build your own add-on greenhouse
• Make a bamboo flute
• Make a handmade braided rug
• Make homemade paper
• Build sawhorses
• Build a grain bin house
• Build your own earth Oven
• And more!

• With an IBM-compatible computer: Microsoft® Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) or newer; with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or newer. You also will need Java Virtual Machine (VM) version 1.3 (free download from www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) or newer browser plug-in with Java enabled on your browser and computer.
• With an Apple Computer: Mac OS X with Safari 3.2.525.27.1 or newer and Java. Use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.
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You can now access MOTHER EARTH NEWS from anywhere, on any device. The MOTHER EARTH NEWS Archive 2000-2012: Multiplatform Edition contains nearly 3,500 articles and web posts, published from 2000 to 2012, in an all new format that can be viewed on your PC, Mac, iPad, smartphone, Kindle and more!

MOTHER EARTH NEWS has been the leader of sustainable and wiser living for 43 years, and with this archive, you'll quickly see why. The magazine has been publishing articles about homesteading, real food, sustainability and alternative energy since 1970.

Find articles about earth-sheltered homes, cheap solar power, organic gardening and raising chickens -- plus do-it-yourself projects and much more.

MOTHER EARTH NEWS has also published hundreds of healthy, down-to-earth recipes, and the archive includes all of the recipes we've published in the magazine from 2000 to 2012. From strawberry jam and homemade jerky to hummus and morel mushroom quiche, you'll find something to satisfy every appetite.

Find almost every story, tip and technique published in the magazine from 2000-2012 -- nearly 3,500 articles that you can access from anywhere, on any device, without the need of an Internet connection.

Please Note: This DVD is a PC DVD-ROM for use in a PC or Macintosh computer. It is not a video and will not work in DVD video players.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

To enable users to view this archive on as many devices as possible, we provide it in the MOBI format (for most Kindle devices) and the EPUB format (for computers and all other mobile devices). There are dozens of options for viewing, and we have included detailed instructions on the disc for viewing on a computer, electronic reader, smartphone or tablet. Once the desired reading software has been established, the content can be accessed with or without an online connection.

Readers who plan to view the archive on their computer without an online connection will need an e-book management application. Two applications we recommend are Adobe Digital Editions and Calibre. Both of these are free but require an Internet connection to download the application. Once installed, you no longer need an Internet connection.