Mother Earth News February/March 2024

Mother Earth News February/March 2024

Mother Earth News February/March 2024 Table of Contents

Digital Content

On the Farm Projects 6-video course
Strategies for as diversifying livestock, generating revenue, and following nature’s patterns toward abundance.

Featured 2023 Fair Workshops 8-video course
A sampling of livestock, medicinal mushrooms, beekeeping, and more.

Organic Gardening Course 2 new video installments
Get tips on making compost tea and on growing in small spaces.

Do Soil Blockers Work? video
Stop buying seed starting pots and use a soil blocker for your starts.

Spring Vaccinations for Goats video course
Get information on the most recommended shots and their timelines.

Successful Seed Starting video
From seed catalogue to transplant, learn how to start your own seeds.

Spring Goat Health Check Guide video
A live goat demonstration for how to administer injections, a FAMACHA check, and more.

Persephone Period & Hoop House Growing video
Can you start seeds at any time if you have a hoop house?

Plan Your Summer Vegetable Garden video
Intentionally plan your vegetable garden and bring in a successful harvest.

Garden Herbs for Flowers & Health video
Useful herbs and flowers for home beauty recipes and treatments.

Plan a Garden for a Year’s Worth of Food
Worksheets help conquer the complexities of food self-sufficiency.

Simple, Affordable Seed Starting
A healthy garden begins with healthy seedlings.

Can Coconut Coir Save the World?
This coconut byproduct offers an eco-friendly peat moss alternative.

Machinery and Mud
Minimize compaction on your farm.

Lessons Learned from Selling Homemade Soap
A seasoned soap-maker shares how to avoid slip-ups.

Foster Phenomenal Fungi
Use a grow tent to cultivate mushrooms.

Bring New Chicks Home
Advice to help care for a new box of peeping chicks.

News from Mother
Seed Savings

Dear Mother
Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more.

Green Gazette
Updates on green burials and body composting, chronic wasting disease, pawpaws and pomology, homegrown national parks, and climate preparedness.

Firsthand Reports: Organic Gardening in the South
With a little strategy and tricks up your sleeve, you can beat the heat and keep your plants healthy.

Hometown Hacks: Wheeled and Windowed Composter
Go “table-to-farm” with this convenient composter.

Gone Off-Grid
Hoss Boyd answers questions about energy systems.

Country Lore
Reader tips on making homemade chai, pea trellises, critter mitigation, starting seeds, weather resistant gardening, brooders that disassemble, and more.

Ask Our Experts
Expert advice on baking with purple carrots, dealing with fungus gnats, and making seed tape.

Photos from the Field: Reader-submitted photos.

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Mother Earth News February/March 2026

News from Mother “I knew we could do something.” Dear Mother Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more. Green Gazette Updates on food gleaning, genetically modified tomatoes, community biochar initiatives, and more. Firsthand Reports Clear the clutter with Swedish death cleaning. Beginner-Friendly Heritage Breeds Choose a chicken, discover a duck, get a gaggle of geese, […]
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Mother Earth News December 2025/January 2026

Mother Earth News December 2025/January 2026 News from Mother Enliven the land. Dear Mother Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more. Green Gazette Updates on community seed networks, backyard prairie initiatives, in-ovo chick sexing, and more. Firsthand Reports Off-grid through the seasons. Heritage Breeds for Beginners Pick a pig, get a goat, decide on a […]
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Mother Earth News October/November 2025

Mother Earth News October/November 2025 Saved by the Sludge? Biosolids could fertilize crops if we can safely manage PFAS and get over the “ick factor,” but is it too risky? Sweet Self-Sufficiency with Sorghum Make homemade syrup with this historic plant. Full Steam Ahead Tap into the self-sufficiency of pressure canning. Problematic Pigs Smart solutions […]
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Mother Earth News August/September 2025

Mother Earth News August/September 2025 7 Best Spices for Health Nourish your body and mind with these flavorful kitchen finds. Cost-Effective Compost Tea Brew a tea full of beneficial bacteria to boost the growth and production of your garden. Foraging Fall Fruits Look no farther than your local trees and vines for abundant autumnal treats. […]