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Mother Earth News and Friends — 405 episodes

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Increase Egg Production Naturally

2

Arboreal Flavors Audio Article

3

Spring Beehive Inspection

4

Navigating the Teenage Poultry Weeks

5

Coop Planning with Maintenance in Mind

6

Busting Brooder Boredom: Activities and DIY Hacks to Prevent Poultry Pecking

7

Feed Your Family For a Year Audio Article and Discussion

8

Keep Going and Growing Throughout the Decades Audio Article and Discussion

9

Understanding Egg Development

10

Herbs for Sleep, Stress, and Sobriety

11

How to Cook on a Woodburning Cookstove

12

Biomimicry and Soil Health

13

The Useful Goat

14

2025 Editorial Roundup

15

Appreciating Herbs with Rosemary Gladstar

16

Approachable Plant-based Nutrition with Tig Notaro

17

Co-existing with Urban and Suburban Wildlife

18

Growing in Deep Winter

19

Prepping Your Flock for Severe Weather

20

How to Freeze Dry Food at Home

21

Preparing Your Chickens for Autumn

22

Gardening in the Fall with Farmer Nick

23

Make It Yourself with Jimmy DiResta

24

Raising Quail for Meat and Eggs

25

Control Pests Naturally

26

Bloom Where You're Planted

27

Dogs Guarding Livestock

28

The True Cost of Chickens

29

Telling Farmer Stories

30

Creating Catios

31

Rare Poultry Breeds Update

32

Good Griddling with Steven Raichlen

33

Adaptable Heritage Animals

34

Herbs for Every Season

35

The Pros and Cons of Poultry Bedding Audio Article and Discussion

36

7 Foraging Finds

37

Is Gardening Worth It Financially?

38

Preventing Poultry Predators

39

Sourcing Sustainable Seeds

40

Verify Your Vegetation Audio Article

41

Preventing Spring Poultry Illness Audio Article and Discussion

42

Sustainable Fishing

43

Hatching Goose, Guinea, and Duck Eggs

44

Exploring Microfarms with Jean-Martin Fortier

45

Rewilding Your Property

46

Easy Chicken Breeds for Beginners

47

Best Beekeeping Practices

48

Benefits of Herbal Tea

49

Your Path to Self-Reliance

50

Regenerative Growth

51

Ask Me Anything: 2024 Editors Edition

52

Audio Article: Just Add Chickens

53

Winterizing Your Vehicle

54

Fermentation Journeys

55

Raising Pheasant Chicks

56

Apartment Homesteading: How to Be a Homesteader in Limited Space

57

Best Egg Layers: Top Hybrid & Heritage Breeds

58

Audio Article: Keep Chickens in Winter Gardens

59

Preparing for Extreme Weather Events

60

What to Know About Raising Swans

61

Can You Eat Wild Boar?

62

Best Vegetables for Canning, Dehydrating, and More

63

Audio Article: Can Chickens Hatch Ducks?

64

Heritage Breed Update with the Livestock Conservancy

65

Condors, Conservation, & You

66

Do Pigeons Make Good Pets? An Interview with the National Pigeon Association

67

Responsible Antibiotics Use in Animals

68

Audio Article: Keep Your Ducks in a Row

69

How to Sell Eggs from Home

70

Gardening Problems and Solutions

71

How to Protect Your Poultry and Waterfowl

72

Audio Article: Chick and Duckling Imprinting

73

How to Care for Baby Ducks

74

Teaching Kids About Hatching Baby Chicks

75

Audio Article: Bring New Chicks Home

76

A Mushroom Hunting Guide for Beginners

77

When to Stop Turning Chicken Eggs and Other Incubation Troubleshooting

78

Plans for Growing Vegetables for Beginners

79

Making Soap with Lye for Beginners

80

Audio Article - Not Just for the Birds: Bird Feeding and You

81

Home Solar Energy Pros and Cons

82

External Parasite Prevention for Pets and Livestock

83

Audio Article: Essential Elements for a Predator-Proof Coop

84

Audio Article: Build a Basic Survival Shelter

85

How to Grow Mushrooms: Liquid Culture Recipe

86

Audio Article: Learning with Seeds, Engaging Young Minds

87

Intro to 4-H Chicken Showmanship and Poultry Projects

88

What are Cordyceps?

89

Audio Article: Rodenticide Toxicity in Pets

90

Audio Article: Outrunning a Bug Apocalypse

91

Chicken Combs: Problems and Care

92

Gardening With Kids: Getting Them Started

93

Audio Article: Hunting to Put Food on the Table

94

Audio Article: Black Foodways: Nourishing the Community, Sharing Knowledge

95

How to Start a Gardening Business: Community Gardens, Consultations, and Installations

96

Seed-Starting Tips with Indy Officinalis

97

Chicken Coop Essentials and Design Ideas

98

What's the Deal with Truffles?

99

Urban Farming & Selling Microgreens

100

Audio Article: Year-Round Care for Sheep

101

Farmers Markets, Food Systems, and Community Building

102

Audio Article: All About the Heat

103

How to Raise Geese with Dave Holderread

104

Raising Heritage Goat Breeds for Milk

105

Discussing Animal Care with Dr. Pol

106

Audio Article: Food Versus Fuel

107

Sustainability and Houseplants with Summer Rayne Oakes

108

Sustainability and Community: A Talk with the 2023 Mother Earth News Voices

109

Heritage Poultry Update: Threatened Rare Chicken Breeds & More

110

Ep. 191 Herbal Spotlight: Wild Medicinal Plants to Forage

111

Audio Article: Cation Exchange Capacity in the Garden

112

Ep. 190 What to Know about Elk Farming

113

Audio Article: How the Electric Car Killed the Corn Industry

114

Ep. 189 Raising Emus for Profit

115

Ep. 188 Spicy Chiles: What Makes Peppers Hot?

116

Ep. 187 Edible Insects for Pets and People

117

Audio Article: Transitioning to a Certified Organic Farm

118

Ep. 186 Learn to Build with Natural Materials

119

Audio Article: Draft Horses on the Homestead

120

Ep. 185 How to Raise Ducks for Eggs in Your Backyard

121

Ep. 184 Caring for Carnivorous Plants

122

Ep. 183 Dealing with Parasites in Your Beehives

123

Audio Article: How to Help Wild Baby Birds

124

Ep. 182 Building Sustainable Communities

125

Audio Article: Repair the Nitrogen Cycle in Your Garden

126

Audio Article: Raising Goslings

127

Ep. 181 How to Care for Baby Chicks in Summer or Fall

128

Audio Article: After Day 22

129

Audio Article: Weather-Related Power Outages

130

Audio Article: Seek Out Small Farms

131

Audio Article: Saving Biennial Seeds

132

Ep. 180 Dragonflies on Your Property

133

Audio Article: Host a Successful Farm Workshop

134

Audio Article: Dickering, The High Art of Going Low

135

Audio Article: Prevent Compost Toxicity in Dogs

136

Ep. 179 How to Make Biogas at Home with a Biogas Digester

137

Audio Article: Breeding Ratios for Chickens and Ducks

138

Ep. 178 How to Incubate Eggs of Mixed Birds Together

139

Ep. 177 Navigate New Antibiotics Guidelines with Veterinary-Client-Patient Relationship

140

Ep. 176 Planning and Preparing a Garden for Spring

141

Ep. 175 Black Farmer Stories with Myriah Towner

142

Ep. 174 How to Start an Agritourism Business to Diversify Farm Income

143

Bonus Episode: "Let's All Keep Chickens!" Book Interview with Dalia Monterroso

144

Ep. 173 Extreme Weather Poultry: How Hot Is Too Hot for Chickens?

145

Ep. 172 Where to Put House Plants So They Thrive

146

Audio Article: Why Is There Still a Seed Shortage?

147

Audio Article: Birds of a Feather Incubate Together

148

Audio Article: Decoding Growing Zones

149

Ep. 171 What Are Brassicas and How Do You Cultivate and Cook Them?

150

Audio Article: What to Know About the New Antibiotics Restriction

151

Ep. 170 Temple Grandin on Living More Sustainably in the New Year

152

Audio Article: Raising Rabbits in Colonies

153

Audio Article: Scrumptious Salt-Rising Bread

154

Ep. 169 Reading Nutrition Labels and Finding Your Healthy Lifestyle

155

Audio Article: Barcelona Olives and Almonds

156

Ep. 168 Chickens: Raising Broilers from Start to Finish

157

Audio Article: Mossin' Annie

158

Ep. 167 Building an Eco-Cabin, Part 1

159

Ep.167 Building an Eco-Cabin, Part 2

160

Audio Article: Bovine Leukemia Virus, A Call to Action

161

Audio Article: Scrapple: Tasty Economy

162

Audio Article: Spill the Beans

163

Ep. 166 Hunting Skills & Ethics

164

Audio Article: Peak Apple-Picking Season

165

Ep. 165 Therapy Chickens

166

Audio Article: Farmsteading Profits Beyond Meat, Eggs, and Vegetables

167

Audio Article: Grandma and Grandpa's Red Wattle Hogs

168

Audio Article: Ancient Grains for Modern Growers

169

Ep. 164 Heritage Breeds of Chickens with the Chicken Ladies

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Ep. 163 Work Horse Breeds for Farmsteading and Forestry

171

Ep. 162 Poultry Profits: Offsetting the Cost of Raising Chickens

172

Ep. 161 Preparing Your Bees for Winter

173

Ep. 160 Freshwater Fishing Tips and Strategies

174

Ep. 159 Can You Have Chickens in City Limits?

175

Ep. 158 How to Keep Chickens Warm in Winter

176

Ep. 157 Farmers' Markets

177

Ep. 146 Chick and Chicken Injuries

178

Ep.156 Identifying Poultry and Small Ruminant Diseases

179

Ep.155 Raising Backyard Quail in the City

180

Ep. 152 Chicken Coops

181

Audio Article: Heat Waves and Drought

182

Audio Article: Growing Strawberries

183

Ep. 153 Why Chickens Lay Eggs

184

Ep. 151 Planting Fall Garden Crops

185

Ep. 148 How to Raise Ducks

186

Ep. 150 What Can Chickens Eat?

187

Ep. 149 Herbs for Health and Healing

188

Audio Article: Rainwater Collection Systems

189

Audio Article: How to Choose a Cow Pony

190

Ep. 147 Managing a Mixed Flock

191

Ep. 144 Poultry Eggs

192

Ep. 145 Michelle Schuman: A Female Environmentalist

193

Chickens 101: Hatch Day

194

Ep. 143 Caring for Baby Chicks

195

Ep. 142 How to Be a Natural Beekeeper

196

Ep.136b Make Your Own Seed and Nut Oils

197

Ep.136a Make Your Own Seed and Nut Oils

198

Ep. 141 Chick Illness

199

Ep. 140 Wild and Beautiful Skincare

200

Ep. 137 Poultry Fencing

201

Ep. 139 Preparing for Chicks

202

Ep.138 Chick Incubation

203

Audio Article: Meadow Flowers

204

Audio Article: Kidding Without a Vet

205

Audio Article: Conservation Easements

206

Audio Article: Friendly Geese for Backyard Flocks

207

Ep. 135 Chicken Breeds

208

Ep. 134 Green Transit

209

Audio Article: Herbal Dewormers

210

Audio Article: Goat Vaccinations and Injectables

211

Audio Article: The Controversy of Dehorning

212

Ep. 132 Hosting Solitary Bees

213

Ep. 132 Teaching Sustainability

214

Ep.131 Caring for Chicks

215

Audio Article: Outwit Hardworking Beavers

216

Ep. 130b Planning and Building Your Tiny Home

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Ep. 130a Planning and Building Your Tiny Home

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Audio Article: Tractor Tire Repairs Made Easy

219

Audio Article: Starting Your Own Soap Making Business

220

Audio Article: 10 Agritourism Ideas For Your Farm

221

Audio Article: Why Did My Bees Die?

222

Audio Article: Journey to Eden

223

Audio Article: My Little Free Seed Library

224

Audio Article: Peter Larson

225

Ep. 129 Fresh Banana Leaves and Indigenous Knowledge

226

Audio Article: How to Prevent Common Tomato Diseases

227

Audio Article: Spineless Cacti

228

Ep 128b Endangered and Unusual Poultry Breeds

229

Ep 128a Endangered and Unusual Poultry Breeds

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Ep.127 Herbal Business and Holistic Dental Care

231

Audio Article: Pecan Trees

232

Ep 126 Urban Preparedness

233

Audio Article: Solitary Bees

234

Audio Article: Farming with Disability

235

Audio Article: The Steaks are High

236

Audio Article: Flood Management

237

Audio Article: The Significance of Soil Health

238

Audio Article: Cultivating Buckwheat

239

Audio Article: Build a Better Herd

240

Audio Article: Pack a Pocketknife

241

Ep.124 Natural Health and Beauty for Skin and Hair

242

Ep. 123 Welcome to Herbal Content Cottage

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Ep. 122 The Intrepid Ivy Association

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Audio Article: Creole Healing Herbs

245

Audio Article: Shetland Wool

246

Audio Article: Natural Funerals

247

Ep. 121 Keep Your Flock Safe From Predators

248

Audio Article: Coffee Fermentation

249

Ep. 120 Crop Swap LA

250

Audio Article: Easy, Fast Flatbread

251

Audio Article: Selecting a Smoker

252

Audio Article: Rustic 'Red Fife' Wheat

253

Audio Article: Start an At-Home Antiques Business

254

Audio Article: First Nations Gardens

255

Ep. 119 Hunting Small Wildlife

256

Ep. 118 Keeping Roosters

257

Ep. 117 Stewarding Heirloom Wheats

258

Audio Article: Fermenting Compost

259

Audio Article: What is Organic?

260

Ep. 116 Pasturing Geese and Ducks

261

Audio Article: Mangel-Wurzel

262

Audio Article: Guinea Hogs

263

Audio Article: Creating a Love of Food in Kids

264

Ep. 115 Introduction to Seed Saving

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Heirlooms and Herbals: Tulsi

266

Ep. 88 Heirlooms and Herbals: Rose

267

Ep. 89 Heirlooms and Herbals: Mullein

268

Ep. 91 Heirlooms and Herbals: Marshmallow

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Ep. 114 Feeding and Housing Quail

270

Ep. 113 Bison Ranching

271

Audio Article: Culturally Significant Seed Saving

272

Audio Article: City Chickens

273

Ep. 112 Herbal Health

274

Audio Article: Saving Our Seeds, Saving Ourselves

275

Audio Article: Plant Breeding Basics

276

Audio Article: Making the Most of Mulberries

277

Audio Article: Poitou Donkeys

278

Ep. 111 – Treating Splay Leg and Bumblefoot

279

Ep. 110 Green Death

280

Ep. 109 - Chickens and the Garden

281

Audio Article: Raise Pastured Geese and Ducks

282

Ep. 108 The Artisan Herbalist

283

Audio Article: Indigenous Corn Cultivars

284

Audio Article: Beginning Sheep Shearing

285

Audio Article: Comfort Foods-Potato Paradise

286

Audio Article: Homegrown Wheat Project

287

Ep. 107 What is Brooding

288

Ep. 106 Crafting Quality Cabins

289

Audio Article - Cooking with Pork Skin

290

Ep. 105 Candling and Embryos

291

Audio Article - Challenges with Cultivars

292

Audio Article - Bloomington Community Orchard

293

Audio Article - Luffa

294

Hank's Hacks, Ep. 3 - Sheep!

295

Audio Article - Black Soldier Flies

296

Ep. 104 Raising Chicks

297

Audio Article: Forest Restoration

298

Ep 103 What's In An Egg

299

Hank's Hacks, Ep. 2 - Why Homestead

300

Audio Article: Populate Your Property with Pomegranates

301

Ep. 102 The Right Chickens for You

302

Finding Chicks

303

Virginia Free Farm

304

Handcrafted Soaps

305

Hank's Hacks

306

Protecting the Prairie Chicken

307

Sheep and Goat Care

308

Broiler Chickens

309

The Magic of Koji

310

Chicken Behaviour

311

Coops, Brooders, and Chicken Houses

312

Canning and Food Preservation

313

Caring for Layers

314

Influencing Change

315

Adventures in Agritourism

316

Ep. 78 Sheep and Their Fleeces, Part 3

317

Ep. 78 Sheep and Their Fleeces, Part 2

318

Ep. 78 Sheep and Their Fleece, Part I

319

Ep 76 Conversations on Home Brewing and the History of Beer

320

Ep 75 Seeking Quality CBD Oil

321

Ep 74 pt 2 Soil Revival

322

Ep. 74 Soil Revival

323

Ep. 73 Waterfowl Conservation

324

Ep. 72 Talking Turkey

325

Ep. 71 Upland Game Birds

326

Ep. 70 Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle

327

Ep. 69 Heritage Pigs

328

Ep. 68 Women's Hormonal Health and Fertility

329

Ep. 67 Slow Flowers

330

Ep. 66 Guineas as Guardians

331

Ep. 65 Fermentation

332

Ep. 87 Yarrow

333

Ep. 64 Landscaping with Goats

334

Ep. 63 Pastured Chicken Nutrition

335

Ep. 62 Polyface Rotational Farming

336

Ep. 61 Green Automobiles

337

Ep 55.2 Incubation Check-In

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Ep. 60 Chickens in Permaculture

339

Ep. 59 Vermicomposting

340

Ep 55.1 Incubation Check-In

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Ep. 58 Garden Planning for Food Preservation

342

Ep. 57 Bottle Feeding Livestock

343

Ep. 56 Natural Building

344

State of Mother 2019

345

Ep. 55 Chicken Keeping in School

346

Ep. 54 Grant Writing

347

Ep. 53 Heritage Breeds

348

Ep. 52 Cold Weather Chickens

349

Ep. 51 Tiny Homes and Intentional Living

350

Ep. 50 Men's Herbal Health

351

Ep. 49 Game Hunting Pt 2

352

Ep. 49 Game Hunting

353

Ep. 48 Women in Farming - Sponsored by DR Power Equipment

354

Ep. 47 Bread Making: From No-Knead to Sour Dough

355

Ep. 46 Building Soil

356

Ep. 45 Industrial Hemp

357

Ep. 44 Permaculture Ethics

358

Ep. 42 Aquaponics at Nile Valley

359

Ep. 41 Off-Grid Preppers

360

Ep. 40 Grains for Your Health

361

Ep. 39 Natural Skincare

362

Ep. 38 From Lambs to Llamas Pt.2

363

Ep. 38 From Lambs to Llamas: Raising Livestock for Fiber

364

Ep. 37 Graft a Better World

365

Ep. 36 Sensitivities and Gluten

366

Ep. 35 Wellness Garden

367

Bees: Profile of a Bee Keeper

368

Ep. 34 Organic Pest Control

369

Ep. 33 Vegetables Love Flowers

370

Ep. 32 Pasture Raising Pork

371

Ep. 31 Live Deliberately

372

Bees: Swarm Essentials

373

Ep. 29 Straight Dope on Cannabis

374

Ep. 28 The Scoop on Poop

375

Ep. 27 Hydrosols

376

Ep. 26 Marvelous Mushrooms

377

Ep. 25 Kefir and Kombucha: Brewing with Bacteria

378

Ep. 24 Ducks on Demand

379

Ep. 23 Making the Most of Older Animals

380

Ep. 22 Writing Urban Ag Policy

381

Ep. 21 Ayurveda

382

Ep. 20 Great Guide to Guinea Fowl

383

Ep. 19 Pt. 2 Leathers and Furs: Preserving Animal Hides

384

Ep. 19 Leathers and Furs: Preserving Animal Hides

385

Bees: Harvest Your Honey

386

Ep. 17 Poultry Breeds and Species

387

Ep. 16 Cool Coops

388

Ep. 15 Order from the Butcher Block

389

Ep. 14 Get to Know Goats

390

Ep. 13 Succession Gardening

391

Ep. 12 Profit with Poultry

392

Mini - The Nature of Things

393

Ep. 11 Craft Distilling

394

Mini 2 "Spoon Man" Made It at the Fair

395

Ep. 10 Green Weddings

396

Ep. 09 Herbs for Your Teacup

397

Ep. 08 Common Flock Problems

398

Ep. 07 Get Started with Chickens

399

Bees: Beeginning With Bees

400

Mini 1 - Dr. Green

401

Ep. 05 Charcuterie in the City

402

Ep. 04 Sustainable Energy Inside City Limits

403

Ep. 03 Keeping Urban Chickens

404

Ep. 02 Favorite Medicinal Plants

405

Bees: Bees and Homesteading