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Learn how to start an aquaponic farming business by pulling profits with plants, fish, and a good business plan.
Ever wonder which herb matches your personality? Whether you’re soothing like chamomile or zesty like mint, this quick quiz ...
In Episode 241 of the Mother Earth News and Friends, John Metzer of Metzer Farms and Stephen Horst of Fifth Day Farm offer advice on the temperatures needed for incubating guinea, goose, and duck ...
Eric Stromberg: [00:00:00] A few reasons to keep roosters on the farm. Some people like the actual noise that they crow and they make a lot of people will keep a rooster as kind of that first line ...
In Episode 233 of the Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, our final episode of the year, we feature editors from Mother Earth News, Grit Magazine, and Goat Journal, discussing listener ...
Winterizing Your Vehicle. Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] What do you do before you store a vehicle for winter, and before we started this podcast, I had mentioned I just came back from Halifax and I ...
Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] Home fermentation is great in the fall, but also year round. What are some of your favorite vegetables to ferment? Sandor Ellix Katz: You can ferment anything you want at ...
Learn how to nixtamalize corn, nixtamalization history, and why this process creates more nutrition for us to absorb. In fall of 2023, when Marissa Ames, former editor-in-chief of MOTHER EARTH ...
Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free.
Winter and spring are exciting for gardeners: We receive seed catalogs, look at beautiful photos, and imagine that bounty filling our kitchens. But with all the choices available, how can we plan ...
Learn what you need to know about PFAS, how to avoid forever chemicals, and what you can do to advocate for remediation. In most life sectors – as homeowners, gardeners, farmers, and ranchers ...
In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re bringing you a special episode this week, recorded from our 2023 MOTHER EARTH NEWS Fair in Lawrence, Kansas. Six folks joined editor ...