Mother Earth News April May 2016 New Garden Beds/Backyard Strawberries

Description: Mother Earth News April May 2016 CONDITION Good, unmarked pages, reading wear CONTENTS Cover Story – Garden Know-How: How to Start a Vegetable Garden – Use these labor-saving methods to transform any space into productive garden beds. Features Breed Better Heritage Flocks – Many commercial hatcheries focus only on hybrid chickens and fail to maintain good quality in the heritage breeds they offer. Here’s why and how dedicated “flocksters” can take breeding back under their wings. Heritage Breeds: Why They’re Important – Traditional animal breeds benefit both homesteaders and consumers with their hardiness, adaptability, flavorful meat and genetic diversity. 3 Rare Root Crops You Should Be Growing – Experience the unique flavors of cronses, salsify and skirret by adding these unsung, underground treasures to your vegetable garden. Grow Backyard Strawberries: Varieties for Ever Region – These simple-to-grow berries give gardeners a big return for a small investment. Make Your Own Nontoxic Laundry Soap – When you’re the soap-maker, you’ll no longer have to guess about the mysterious chemicals in your wash. 5 Delicious Wild Greens – Give up the war on “weeds” and embrace the fortifying vegetables right outside your door. Grow and Make Your Own Simple Medicines – Tend a medicinal herb garden for ready access to a multitude of safe, healing remedies. Looking Sharp: Build Your Own Utility Knife – To customize your own knife, order blade blanks on line, and round up some spare wood for the handle. 6 Solar Energy Myths Debunked – Brush up on these key facts to get energized about the advantages of home solar power. Departments News from Mother Earth – The Wisdom of Eating Pastured Meat Dear Mother – Reader letters about inspiring homesteaders, the benefits of advertisements, uses for organic tobacco, introducing children to meat processing, the dangers of borax, pesticide drift, newsletters, and more. Green Gazette – Updates on GM salmon approval, food and agricultural research, seed saving, farm facility loans, and the film Numen: The Nature of Plants. The Gardener’s Table: Parsnips and Sorrel – Sorrel comes to life in the wakening spring garden at the same time you unearth the last of the parsnips. Learn how to grow these crops and balance sorrel’s zing with parsnips’ sweetness in simple recipes. Crop at a Glance: Okra – Learn all about growing okra: types to try, how to plant, pest-prevention tips, harvesting and storing, saving seeds and more. The Pitchfork Pulpit: Earthworms, Builders of Soil – Cultivate a copious crop of earthworms for soil health, farm productivity and planetary well-being. Ask Our Experts – Trusted advice on testing your garden soil, protecting your garden from burrowing animals, and DIY composting toilet setups. Country Lore: Readers’ Tip to Live By – Reader submitted tips on building a goat shelter from wood pallets, bulletproof hen forage, transferring pepper plants indoors, bushel baskets for laundry, nylons as tomato coverings, and more. Earth Words – “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” Caroline Thompson 52565

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