Mother Earth News, Back Issue No. 236, October/November 2009
Mother Earth News, The Original Guide to Living Wisely. Only shows normal wear from handling, the pages are clean and complete.
Top Story:
- Five DIY, Low cost and Multipurpose Greenhouses - Use recycled materials to build a garden greenhouse, and enjoy fresh food throughout the year.
Features:
- Homesteading Lessons Learned - Veteran homesteader Steve Maxwell offers advice on everything from building your own home to starting a food garden.
- 11 Great Places You've (Maybe) Never Heard Of - Our fourth annual search for cities that have raised to bar led us to inspiring communities across the country.
- Keeping Bees - Try this less expensive 'top-bar' beekeeping method to pollinate your crops and provide tasty honey fresh from the comb.
- Wood Heat: Is it Right for You? - What you need to know if you're considering wood heating options for your home.
- Grow Veggies in Winter with Quick Hoops - Double your garden's productivity with simple, inexpensive low tunnels.
- Versatile and Affordable ATVs - These nimble machines are almost as versatile as small tractors, and they can travel where pickups dare not tread.
- Our DIY Car: The Quest for 100 MPG - Progress continues on MAX, the spiffy, super-efficient car that you'll be able to make for $10,000.
Departments:
- News from Mother - Abuzz Over Beekeeping
- Dear Mother - Joel Salatin's 'beyond organic'; Reader tips on raising chickens for meat; Homemade butter; Eco-friendly outdoor wood boilers; Swiss chard takes off
- We See You - Your best photos
- Green Gazette - Are Potent Pesticides Killing Honeybees?; Saving Billions with a New Energy Economy; Affordable, Eco-friendly Modular Homes; Take Tech News with a Grain of Salt; Not so New Energy Source Makes Waves
- Crop at a Glance: Garlic - Learn how to plant, grow and harvest garlic, plus varietiesto try and pest prevention tips.
- Eat in Season: Applesauce - Make your own applesauce and use it to replace butter in your baked goods for healthier treats, plus try these recipes for mouthwatering apple cornmeal cake, cinnamon raisin bars, tropical muffins and more.
- Garden How-how: Improve Your Soil with Cover Crops - Take advantage of this traditional technique to solar-charge your soil.
- Country Lore - Savoring bean season; A twist on homemade jelly; Great green gift baskets; Build a pallet woodshed; Recipes for scrumptious squash pie and Dutch oven beer bread
- Green Home Imporvement: Energy efficient On demand Water Heaters - Why pay to keep water hot when you're not using it? Find out how on demand water heaters work and whether this energy saving option is right for you.
- Earth Words - Rabindranath Tagore