Self-Sufficiency

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Ask Me Anything: 2024 Editors Edition
In Episode 233 of the Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, our final episode of the year, we feature editors…
Mother Earth News Staff
Mother Earth News Staff Mother Earth News
Raising Grass Fed Beef
Grass-Fed Cattle Care: From Calf to Beef
Let's talk money: how can you sell your grass-fed beef, and how do you manage feed costs? The cost of…
Mother Earth News Staff
Mother Earth News Staff Mother Earth News
Plan Your Seasonal Garden
Design Your Permaculture Garden for Success
Overwhelmed by the thought of growing your food? Not sure where to begin? Tired of having to "wing it" every…
Nicky and Dave Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder Permaculture Gardens
Keep Your Tools Handy
Assemble Your Basic Maintenance Toolkit
Assemble your baseline toolkit with guidance from an expert. Whether your filling a drawer in the garage or kitchen, or…
Kyle Ferlemann
Kyle Ferlemann
Keep Your Tools Handy
Additional Tools for Your Repair Toolkit
Don't throw away what you can fix! Stay thrifty by keeping the tools you need on hand for basic repair…
Kyle Ferlemann
Kyle Ferlemann
Keep Your Tools Handy
Tool Restoration & Maintenance
If your tools have been a little neglected, it's not the end of the world. You don't have to buy…
Kyle Ferlemann
Kyle Ferlemann
Keep Your Tools Handy
Methods for Sharpening Tools
Maintain an edge on all of your tools, not just knives. Learn about different sharpening tools and methods, as well…
Kyle Ferlemann
Kyle Ferlemann
Keep Your Tools Handy
Thrift a Secondhand Toolkit
You don't have to pay retail for a serviceable toolkit. Learn which tools you should thrift, and which second-hand tools…
Kyle Ferlemann
Kyle Ferlemann
Keep Your Tools Handy
Anachronistic Handtools that Still Work
Are anachronistic tools worth it when you could just buy a drill? Learn whether or not old-fashioned manual tools may…
Kyle Ferlemann
Kyle Ferlemann
Food Preservation Course
Preserving with Purpose
Live from the final 2023 Mother Earth News Fair in West Bend, Wisconsin, Sarah Thrush — whose inspiring, informative, and…
Sarah Thrush
Sarah Thrush PeeliesnPetals
Organic Gardening Course
Growing in Small Spaces
Get ready to dig your hands in the dirt with Karena Poke! Discover how to grow in areas such as…
Karena Poke
Karena Poke Lettuce Live
Organic Gardening Course
Plan Your Garden 2025
Starting a new veg garden in 2025? Or do you already have a few growing seasons under your belt, but…
Benedict Vanheems
Benedict Vanheems GrowVeg
Events Potpourri: 2024 Edition
Old-Fashioned Broom Making
Plastic fiber broom falling apart? Take up the time-honored handicraft of broom making. Learn from a longtime Appalachian craftsman how…
Curt Cable
Curt Cable Hollow Handcrafts
Fresh Breads from Scratch Course
Sourdough Starter Maintenance
No yeast no problem; learn how to start your own sourdough starter today! We talk about both the discard and…
Alyssa Warner
Alyssa Warner Video & Events Producer • Mother Earth News
Permaculture Gardening for Everyone
DIY Seed Starting
You don't need special equipment to start your own seedlings at home. Learn how to start seeds in small spaces…
Nicky and Dave Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder Permaculture Gardens
Permaculture Gardening for Everyone
How to Build a Lasagna Garden Bed
Put a garden down over grass or weeds with the lasagna method of soil building. This simple method uses recycled…
Nicky and Dave Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder Permaculture Gardens
Permaculture Gardening for Everyone
Transplanting Seedlings
Transplant your seedlings with minimal losses with these simple tips. Learn when and how to move your seedlings out into…
Nicky and Dave Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder Permaculture Gardens
Pantry From the Garden
Stock Your Pantry From the Garden
Try some recipes from Bevin Cohen's latest book, The Heritage Pantry! We talk about why food preservation is for everyone,…
Mother Earth News Staff
Mother Earth News Staff Mother Earth News
Fermenting Vegetables
The Art of Salt-Pressing
Elevate your pantry staples with the video companion to this magazine article on fermenting vegetables with salt. Dive deep into…
Kirsten Shockey
Kirsten Shockey Ferment Works
Real Organic Methods
How to Sun Dry Fruit in Bulk
Increase the value of otherwise unsellable produce by drying them for small package or bulk sale. Blossom Bluff Orchards shares…
Bryce Loewen
Bryce Loewen Blossom Bluff Orchards
Introduction to Raising Ducks
Heavy Duck Breeds
Explore what heavy duck breeds such as appleyard, aylesbury, muscovy, pekin, rouen, and saxony, have to offer. Some are all-purpose…
Kenny Coogan
Kenny Coogan Co-Host of the Mother Earth News & Friends Podcast • Critter Companions
Modern Homesteading Course
Preventing Poultry Predators
You might not see them every day, but it only takes one opportunistic predator to endanger your flock. Learn how…
Tomia MacQueen
Tomia MacQueen Wildflower Farm, Gardening for LIFE, Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance, NOFA-NJ (Northeast Organic Farming Assoc.-NJ)