Mother Earth News April/May 2023 Table of Contents
Planning the Plan
The first step to developing any new homestead is determining how it’ll be done.
Repair the Nitrogen Cycle in Your Garden
Restore your soil’s ability to circulate nutrients.
Edible Blossoms to Spice Up Your Cooking
Grow these pretty pops of color and flavor.
Suited to Solar
Advice for assessing whether you can generate enough power for your household needs.
Big Burns
Controlled pasture burns can boost nutritious spring grass while curtailing troublesome weeds.
How to Help Wild Baby Birds
A wildlife rehabber advises what to do if you encounter a wild bird egg or baby bird this spring.
Dead Tree Delicacies
Explore mushroom foraging by getting to know these edible favorites.
Organize a Local Butterfly Group
Protect pollinators by building relationships with your neighbors and exchanging plants and information.
All About the Heat
How to keep chicks warm and healthy and when to transition them to outdoor coop life.
News from Mother
Embracing the Mess
Dear Mother
Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more.
Green Gazette: Funding and Support for Your Farmers
Updates on obstacles facing young farmers, the Keystone Pipeline spill in Kansas, a victory for Klamath salmon, a renewable energy plant in Oregon, rooftop and reef gardens, and floating wetlands.
Firsthand Reports: Nature Provides
Spending time in nature and away from the “rat race” can be refreshing and relaxing.
Hometown Hacks: DIY Greenhouse
Learn how to build a low-cost, portable greenhouse.
Country Lore
Reader tips for homemade body products, keeping birds out of berries, natural tick and ant control, recycling yarn and shower curtains in gardens, growing beans for shade, chive blossom vinegar, fencing with winery slats, and making bee boats.
Ask Our Experts
Expert advice on buying your first bees, growing cut flowers, and avoiding toxic galvanized wire.
Photos from the Field
Reader-submitted photos.
