Keep your body healthy this winter season with all the tips and helpful articles from the Mother Earth News Guide to Healing Herbs, 4th Edition. This 100-page guide is filled with articles that cover everything from making your own herbal medicines to creating herbal vinegars. You'll be able to read about the best herbal remedies; learn about antibacterial food and herbs; dive into making your own natural arthritis remedies; or discover how to use calendula for treating those minor burns, bruises and inflammation.

Guide to Healing Herbs is separated into six sections that cover everything from medicines to healthy recipes. Filled with beautiful color photos, this guide will arm you with valuable information on keeping you and your family healthy and happy this winter season.

Other articles include:

• Guide to Aromatherapy - Diminish stress, boost energy and improve mood by learning the basics of this ancient art.
• Sweet Medicine - Honey is rich with healing antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
• Natural Dental Health - Keep chemicals off your pearly whites with these expert tips.
• Herbs for Skin - Find relief for skin disease including eczema, psoriasis and rosacea.
• Drying Herbs & Spices - Growing and drying herbs is one of the easiest forms of food preservation.
• Stealth Health With Culinary Herbs - Discover the everyday healing power of flavorful culinary herbs.

More and more households are using herbs and herbal remedies for growing, cooking and healing. The fifth edition of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Healing Herbs is filled with articles to help guide you through growing and using herbs. Learn the household uses for tea tree oil, witch hazel, turmeric, cinnamon and more. Read what herbs you should have on hand in your medicine chest and what herbs help with what ailment. Delicious recipes and helpful gardening tips are also included.

Filled with beautiful color photos, this guide will arm you with the most valuable information on keeping your family happy and healthy this cold and flu season with natural, herbal remedies.

Other articles include:

• Guide to Home Herbalism: Learn these herbal medicine-making basics.
• Herbal Hair Care: Try these herbal tips and recipes on your hair.
• Medicines in Your Spice Rack: Turn to remedies that are likely already available in your kitchen.
• How to Be a Seed Eater: Add nutritious seeds to recipes for a tasty health boost.
• Growing, Harvesting and Using Rosemary: Grow rosemary for numerous culinary and health benefits.

The newest edition of Guide to Healing Herbs is packed with valuable and illuminating information on more than 125 herbs for healing, cooking and growing! This 100-page guide is filled with articles on herbs, herbal remedies, healthy recipes and more.

Mother Earth News Guide To Living on Less, 3rd Edition

Are you looking for simple ideas to save money? The Mother Earth News Guide to Living on Less, 3rd Edition has dozens of ideas to help you save money on food, housing and energy, while also living a greener life.

The articles featured are fun and will help you save a few dollars. Some tips and advice included in these articles include:

• Cut Your Food Bills in Half
• Backyard Chicken Basics
• Adding Insulation Can Save You Money!
• Brew Your Own Beer
• Start Your Own Tool-Sharing Program
• And more!

This great, money-saving guide will teach you how to keep a family cow and have delicious milk, cream, cheese and more! You'll find everything you need to know from buying and caring for a dairy cow to enjoying and saving money on delicious dairy products.

You'll also find articles on building a passive solar water heater, homegrown medicine, building a sturdy clothesline, home energy improvements and more!

Get ready, it’s time to start living on less and loving it!

The sixth edition of Mother Earth News Guide to Living on Less is filled with articles on DIY projects, organic gardening, modern homesteading, livestock and more. The great thing that all of these articles have in common: saving you money!

Are you looking for simple ideas to save money? The Mother Earth News Guide to Living on Less, 7th Edition has dozens of ideas to help you save money on food, housing, and energy, while also living a greener life. This 100-page guide is packed full of articles for earning a living on a farm by building a tiny home without a mortgage, planting a bountiful garden, raising livestock, and more.

Cut down on your food and energy bills with the Guide to Living on Less and Loving it! from the Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series. Create a sustainable farm by growing your own food and raising your own chickens for meat or eggs. Heat water with the sun, make old-fashioned homemade soap, and raise goats for milk. Live self-reliantly with 65 tips for a DIY lifestyle, and make the best syrup straight from a tree. Save (and possibly earn!) money with tips to cutting your food bills in half, building your own home, and earning a living from a rural setting or from your own home. Get wise and save money with the Guide to Living Less and Loving It!

More than 231 tips for using herbs for self-reliant living, cooking and healing are covered in this glossy-paged guide from MOTHER EARTH NEWS. The Guide to Natural Health covers a variety of topics from learning which herbs to use for natural skin care, great gardening tips, to boosting your brain health, this guide is filled from cover-to-cover with valuable information, tips, advice and recipes for natural health.

This 100-page guide has everything you need to create the garden of your dreams. Everything from natural insect control to tomato cage plans, from fertilizer to growing berries is covered in this colorful, helpful guide.

There's no time like the present to start planning and plotting your garden! With the help of the 5th edition of Mother Earth News Guide to Organic Garden you can plan for food self-sufficiency year-round. Written for both beginners and seasoned gardeners, this 100-page guide is filled with articles that will make your garden healthy and bountiful for growing vegetables, fruits and herbs.

An information-packed beginner's guide article will help you discover the joys of gardening, including everything from instructions on building the soil to a list of beginner-friendly crops to grow and harvest. Other articles cover how to make your own compost, improve your soil, build your own mini greenhouses, and keep chickens in your garden.

Read the hows and whys to creating permanent garden beds and paths, and why framed or raised beds may be optional. Discover the key factors in maintaining a weedless organic garden. Learn how to grow strawberries, peppers, potatoes and more.

More articles include:

• Make Cheap Garden Beds: Here's how - and why - to create permanent garden beds and paths, and why framed or raised beds may be optional.
• Best Tips to Start Seeds Indoors: Save money and grow superior varieties by starting your own seeds.
• Choosing a Greenhouse: Grow food for the table - and the spirit - any time of the year.
• 4 Garden Plans for Kitchen Herbs: Supplement your food garden with a patch of delightful herbs.
• Homesteader's Guide to Little Tractors: Miniature machines are available in a wide range of capability and price.

It’s never too early to start planning this year’s garden. Where to plant your herbs? Where should your row of cabbage grow? How many tomato plants should you have? The sixth edition of the Guide to Organic Gardening from Mother Earth News is a great reference to help you plan your bountiful garden this year. Starting with soil, fertilizer, seed starting, what plants you should grow and so much more, this guide is 100 pages of helpful articles to help you grow your best garden yet!

Read how to build better soil with free organic fertilizer. Learn how beneficial chickens in the garden can be! Discover the best summer cover crops to help suppress those pesky weeds. Follow instructions on how to grow great lettuce, strawberries, potatoes, carrots, beans, peas and more!

More articles include:

• Grow More Food in a Movable Greenhouse: Boost productivity in spring, summer, fall and winter with a do-it-yourself greenhouse you can transport around your plot.
• Plant Pollination Primer: Learn the facts on how insects and wind pollinate your crops so you can plant smarter and haul in heftier harvests.
• How to Make Compost: Choose from many easy ways to make compost for increased garden productivity – low-cost homemade bins, piles sans bins, chicken power, pest-proof tumblers … even indoor worm bins!
• 4 Garden Plans for Kitchen Herbs: Supplement your food garden with a patch of delightful herbs.
• Expert Tips for Growing Early Tomatoes: Add a whole month to your fresh-tomato season with these proven techniques.

The editors at MOTHER EARTH NEWS have compiled the best money-saving articles into one invaluable guide. Guide to Saving Money on Food will help you cut your food bills in half with simple bread recipes, instructions how to preserve your own food, gardening techniques, tips on grocery shopping, and so much more.

Turn your dreams of country living into a reality! The Mother Earth News Guide to Self-Reliance and Country Skills, 4th Edition is 100 pages of beneficial articles that will assist anyone wanting to live a more self-sufficient life. Nothing compares to the feeling of enjoying a meal that was raised and grown on your own land … no matter if it’s just the delicious preserves from your garden or the entire feast. There are also great articles on solar heating and other energy savings tips that will save you hundreds on your energy bills.

Several articles in this special issue provide useful and helpful tips on how to plan and maintain a successful self-sufficient homestead, from picking the perfect property to caring for the garden and livestock.

More articles included:
• Homesteading Lessons Learned: From planning your home to laying out garden beds, a longtime homesteading expert shares his advice 20 years in the making.
• Start a Self-Sufficient, 1-Acre Homestead: Live off the land with these strategies for establishing self-sufficient food production, including advice on crop rotations and raising livestock.
• Cut Your Food Bills in Half: You can enjoy better and healthier food while spending much less to feed your family.
• How to Make Cheap Garden Beds: Here’s how (and why) to create permanent garden beds and paths, and why framed or raised beds may be optional.
• Want Milk? Get Goats: Dairy goats can supply your family with milk inexpensively.
• Make Your Own Herbal Medicine: To find ingredients for many basic herbal remedies, you often need to look no further than your own backyard.

This incredible resource as all the information you need to make your own herbal medicine, rodent-proof your house, bake easy homemade bread, find the best backyard chicken breeds, and more!

Reboost your health with hundreds of tips from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Super Herbs. Inside this 96-page guide you’ll learn more about elderberry, turmeric, ginger, thyme, and more herbs for good health. Learn about the top six medicinal essential oils; natural dental and allergy remedies; herbs and nutrients for a better night’s rest; gardening for medicinal health, emotional well-being, and improved digestion; growing ginger and turmeric; and more.

Other articles include:

• Body Care Basics – Avoid toxic chemicals and ramp up your self-reliance by trying these simple recipes (including toothpaste, deodorant, creams, hair products, and more).
• Heart-Healthy Herbal Treats – Discover delicious ways to incorporate heart-healthy herbs into your diet. Recipes featuring elderberry, hibiscus, hawthorn, aronia, and ginger.
• The Herbs of Ayurveda – Learn about some of the most popular Ayurvedic herbs, all of which have been used for centuries to promote holistic well-being.
• 5 Best Herbal Antibiotics – Many herbs have proven antibacterial properties, and researchers are turning to these herbs as they work to discover new ways to counter resistant illnesses.
• Graceful Aging – Make your golden years glow brighter with these tips, habits, and recipes that can help ward off the ailments associated with aging (no matter how young or old you are).
• The Medicinal Herb Garden – Grow these 10 medicinal herbs in your garden, and enjoy having the keys to natural wellness just outside your door.
• Herb-enhanced Recipes – Delicious hot beverages, healthy veggies, and sweet treats.

Reboost your health with hundreds of tips from the Mother Earth News Guide to Turmeric & Super Herbs. Inside this 100-page guide you’ll learn more about turmeric, garlic, and other good-for-you herbs. Read the research and eat more garlic; learn to use natural sources to sweeten food; grow a stress-relieving tea garden; learn more about aromatherapy; discover everything to know about essential oils; and more.

Learn the four bulk herb companies you can trust, companies that produce high-quality bulk herbs in sustainable ways. Read about floral therapy and how healing flowers off a bouquet of benefits to our skin and our psyches. Discover 19 strategies to prevent and treat colds and flu. The best multipurpose, easy-to-grow healing herbs belong in every gardener’s medicine cabinet for their range of benefits, and they can be found in the pages of this beautiful guide.

Other articles include:

• Household Uses for Witch Hazel – Discover why humble witch hazel should be your go-to remedy for first aid and skin ailments.
• The Naturally Aromatic Home – Check out these natural blends – with options for any mood and personality – to freshen your living spaces without toxic chemicals.
• Make Life Difficult for Disease – Strengthen the body to fight against diseases before they even have a chance to grab hold.
• Healing Soups – Enhance wellness and ward off disease with these tasty and nutritious soup recipes.
• Growing, Harvesting and Using Chives – Discover the many healthy ways to use this attractive, easy-to-grow, cancer-fighting perennial.

You've heard of lavender, rosemary, and sage, and their many uses. But what about the herbs you’ve never used that can be so beneficial to you and your family? Extend your knowledge of herbs and their uses with the Mother Earth News Guide to Unusual Herbs. A part of the Herb Companion Series, this 96-page guide is full of tips, tricks, remedies, recipes, and loads of information for herbs you may have never heard of. Learn about the healing properties of the Balm of Gilead and the mysterious maca root, and the many secret uses of saffron. Get the best information on herbs, from articles on herbalists’ favorite herbs to six seed companies you can trust.

More then 119 herbs for growing, cooking and healing are covered in this glossy-paged guide from Mother Earth News. The Guide to Women's Health covers a variety of topics for women of every age. From learning which herbs you should be using at what age, to strengthening your bones, this guide is filled from cover-to-cover with valuable information, tips, advice and recipes for women's health.

This 100-page guide has helpful tips and advice for which ever stage of life you're in. Articles in this guide include:

• 5 Herbs for Women's Health
• Color Your Hair Naturally
• Natural Fertility Enhancers
• Healing by Way of Berries
• Breathe Well, Be Well
• And much more!

Read about beauty treatments such as homemade soothing glosses and balms. Learn how to make floral waters and colognes. Read how you can help relieve PMS symptom with herbs. Try great new recipes and read about 10 anti-aging superfoods that are not only help fight aging but are also delicious.