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Mother Earth News and Friends shares the stories of the leaders in sustainable and rural living. We’re passionate about helping people learn more about natural health, homesteading, sustainability, and more.

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Mother Earth News and Friends shares the stories of the leaders in sustainable and rural living. We’re passionate about helping people learn more about natural health, homesteading, sustainability, and more.

    Teaching Kids About Hatching Baby Chicks

    Teaching Kids About Hatching Baby Chicks

    Hatching baby chicks can be a great way to introduce kids to the world of incubation, poultry, and all the challenges and joys of homesteading – not to mention leadership and entrepreneurship. In this episode, Ann Accetta-Scott shares more about egg-hatching curriculum for children, whether using it as a family side project or a homeschooling lesson, and the ways children can grow through these chick-hatching ventures.

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    • 30 min
    Audio Article: Bring New Chicks Home

    Audio Article: Bring New Chicks Home

    Story by Elizabeth Mack, read by John Moore.
    A new, peeping box of fluffy little chicks can be scary, but this excellent advice can help you. This story comes from the February/March 2024 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.
    Read more at https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/chickens-101/bringing-new-chicks-home/
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    • 11 min
    A Mushroom Hunting Guide for Beginners

    A Mushroom Hunting Guide for Beginners

    The word is out: Mushroom foraging is in. For those new to the world of mushroom hunting, we have a guide for you from author and mushroom hunter Frank Hyman. In this episode, we discuss with Frank some advice when out foraging for mushrooms, some popular edible mushrooms, and tips for avoiding toxic mushrooms. Plus, find out how you can order Frank’s excellent book, How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying.  

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    • 32 min
    When to Stop Turning Chicken Eggs and Other Incubation Troubleshooting

    When to Stop Turning Chicken Eggs and Other Incubation Troubleshooting

    Spring hatching is around the corner! For those new to the world of incubating eggs and hatching chicks, we’re here to let you know it’s not as daunting as it may see. In this episode, Pascale Pearce of Brinsea joins us to discuss the basics of using an incubator and how to solve any challenges that may come your way, including when to stop turning chicken eggs, how to adjust humidity in an incubator, and candling.

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    • 27 min
    Plans for Growing Vegetables for Beginners

    Plans for Growing Vegetables for Beginners

    It be may be cold for many of us, but it’s not too early to start dreaming about next season’s garden! In this episode, Benedict Vanheems, a contributor to MOTHER EARTH NEWS, a lifelong gardener, and presenter at GrowVeg, shares about how you can start planning and planting your next vegetable garden – from in-ground to raised bed gardening, to where to start your garden. He covers all the basics about growing vegetables for beginners, including some recommendations for the best vegetables to grow at home, as well as the worst.
    For more of this podcast, visit https://www.motherearthnews.com/podcast/growing-vegetables-for-beginners-zepz2401zawar/
    Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Garden Planner at GardenPlanner.MotherEartNews.com.
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    The Mother Earth News and Friends podcast shares the stories of leaders in sustainable and rural living. We’re passionate about helping people learn more about natural health, homesteading, sustainability, and more. You can catch new interviews and audio articles on Thursdays.

    • 36 min
    Making Soap with Lye for Beginners

    Making Soap with Lye for Beginners

    Making your own homemade batches of soap can be rewarding, therapeutic, and allows you to craft beautifully aromatic soaps tailored for your skin’s needs. In this episode, Melanie Teegarden, a soap-maker and business owner, shares the beneficial properties of homemade soaps and provides a simple recipe for you to get started making them at home. Once you've got a handle on the safety measures involved with making soap with lye, as well as general soap-making procedure and ingredients, you'll be able to fearlessly make your own!
    For more resources, view this podcast at https://www.motherearthnews.com/podcast/making-soap-with-lye-zepz2401zawar

    Order Melanie’s book, the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Soap-making
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Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
114 Ratings

114 Ratings

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Poor Audio makes it hard to listen to

Great content but the audio quality is awful. There have been some episodes (the mangowurzel episode comes to mind) that are unlistenable because the background music completely drowns out the speaker. With the interviews, you can barely hear one voice while another blows out your eardrums. It’s a shame because I love the topics and the content but I find myself listening less and less because it’s just not pleasant on the ears.

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