Mother Earth News 2011-December-2012-January Download
FEATURES
44 The Joys of Building a Home Together
An Alabama family built this beautiful, affordable green home
by hand, using salvaged wood and other reclaimed materials.
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How to Choose the Right Woodstove
Follow this step-by-step advice to find the woodstove of your dreams.
Best Vegetable Seed Companies
MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers rate their favorite garden seed companies.
58 Measure Your Energy Costs
and Add Up the Savings!
Whether you live in a new or old house, a home energy audit can help you discover some surprising ways to save
energy-and money-at home.
64 Get to Know the Wonder-Working,
Timesaving Pressure Cooker
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Preparing nutritious foods with whole ingredients in a pressure cooker is a snap. Here are four reasons [Q try it.
Finding Self-Reliance in a Pot of Dried Beans
A local foods devotee discovers the dividend of selfsufficiency: newfound confidence.
72 Try Bison Meat for Great Taste and Better HeaIth
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More flavorful than chicken and more nutritious than grain-fed beef, bison meat is lean and green.
13 Homemade Cleaning Recipes
Make your own household cleaners using safe, simple and inexpensive ingredients.
We've Never Regretted a Private Burial
Have you ever looked at a special place and thought, "I'd like to be buried there"? It can happen, but it may not be easy.
DEPARTMENTS
6 MOTHER EARTH NEWS Online
Life on yesterday's homestead; Build a chicken coop and a cold frame; Win a pressure cooker, a convertible greenhouse and more
8 News From MOTHER
The Declining Nutrient Value of Our Food
10 Dear MOTHER
Civil interactions; Tiny house living; FAIR reports; Estimating firewood prices; Hornworm photos; Thoughts on population;
Deep ecology
18 We See You
Readers show off their best photos.
20 Green Gazette
For Coal Plants, the End of an Era; Pedal Power: Cargo Trikes and Pedicabs; Cool Energy House Demonstrates Green
Remodeling Strategies; Tools for Wiser Living
26 Crop at a Glance: Celeries
Learn how to grow your own celery and celeriac to enjoy their unique flavors without the chemicals found on conventional,
supermarket options.
30 Real Food
In the Winter Kitchen: Nutmeg; Butternut Squash Gratin Recipe; Simple Timesaving Kitchen Strategies; Homemade,
Better-Than-French Fries; Homemade Mayo Recipe
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Homestead Know-How: Farm Fencing
Woven wire or high-tensile? Electric or non-electric? Here's how to make the best choices for your animals.
Meet a Blogger: Sherry Leverich Tucker
Tucker blogs about her experience managing a nearly selfsufficient homestead in Missouri.
Country Lore: Readers' Tips to Live By
Best Homemade Holiday Gift Wrappings; Earth-Sheltered Backyard Greenhouse; Cozy Cabin; Portable Outdoor Fireplace
Beautiful and Abundant: Unplugging Our
Economic Ponzi Scheme
If the human species hopes to continue thriving, we have to embrace a new model that doesn't rely on population growth.
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