Mother Earth News, Back Issue No. 235, August/September 2009
Mother Earth News, The Original Guide to Living Wisely. This issue is slightly used, clean and complete. The previous owner's name and address are on the front cover.
Top Story:
- Grow Your Best Fall Garden - Expert advice on what, when and how for the second half of your gardening season.
Features:
- Simple Living: 28 All Time Best Tips - Save money and be more self-sufficient with these reader tips from Mother's ever popular Country Lore department.
- The Beauty of Wilderness - A photo journey to some of the United States' most striking landscapers.
- Everything He Wants to Do Is Illegal! - Activist Joel Salatin sounds off on the food police, raising and eating meat, and the future of farming.
- Earthbag Minibuildings - Use this unique building technique to make a studio, garden shed, chicken coop or root/storm celler - no building permit required.
- You Can Build This Energy-efficient Solar Home - This classic prairie style home integrates passive solar design, super energy efficiency, and other modern green features.
- Plastics: What's Dangerous, What's Not - From toys to water bottles, here's how to choose safe plastic products.
Departments:
- News from Mother - Are we losing sight of our true goals?
- Dear Mother - Raising chickens for meat; The validity of global warming; Swiss chard see offer
- We See You - Your best photos
- Green Gazette - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink: John Shuttleworth, Co-founder of Mother Earth news, 1937-2009; Help locate local food; Budget savvy Green Travel Guide; The New USDA: A New Hope for Food?
- Crop at a Glance: Broccoli - How to plant, grow and harvest broccoli, plus pest prevention tips and varieties to try.
- Eat in Season: Delicious Homemade Hamburger Buns - Once you discover the rich goodness of homemade hamburger buns, you'll never be satisfied with store-bought buns again.
- Firsthand Report: My Introduction to Self-reliance - A 13 year old in New mexico learns how to live off the land and is inspired to start her own business.
- Country Lore - Start a bread business; Easy houseplant fertilizer; Composting toilet reports; Grow vines for natural air conditioning.
- Ask Our Experts - Beat squash bugs with guineas; Reliable herbal resources; How ceiling fans work; Hail vs. solar panels
- Green Home Improvement: Ceiling, Attic and Whole House Fans - Save big by using these energy efficient cooling methods instead of air conditioning.
- Kitchen Garden - Edible Dahlias - The tubes of these lovely flowers have a surprising variety of flavors.
- Earth Words - John and Jane Shuttleworth