Mother Earth News And Friends

Story by Michael Feldmann, read by Carla Tilghman Everything you need to know about growing strawberries from planting to harvesting.  For more great articles on livestock and land management, large and small farming, and even bees, go to www.grit.com If you’re interested in workshops about everything from cheesemaking to soil health to building around your property, you can take our online classes  and attend the Mother Earth News Fairs. Grit’s  sister publications are Mother Earth News, Backyard Poultry and Backyard Beekeeping.

How many eggs does a chicken lay a day? What factors affect egg yield? And why do chickens stop laying eggs? Dr. Patrick Biggs is here to answer these questions and more in our episode all about chicken egg production in your backyard flock. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

In this episode, Leah Webb joins us to share how to successfully plan and plant your fall garden. With an emphasis on small gardening spaces, Leah breaks down the kinds of plants that work well in smaller gardens and for beginning gardeners, when to plant fall garden crops, how to establish healthy soil, and more. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

In this episode, Carrie Hardie chats with us about how to raise ducks. Whether you want to find duck breeds for eggs, meat, or pure enjoyment, Carrie outlines how to prepare a healthy habitat and shares helpful tips on caring for your birds. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

In this episode, Dr. Patrick Biggs joins us to talk about keeping the layer hens in your flock well-fed and healthy. We’ll be learning about the nutrients in chicken layer feed as well as some best practices when it comes to providing feed to your poultry and letting your hens forage.   To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

We will all experience both physical and emotional trauma in our lives. Learn how you can be prepared to deal with trauma and how to use herbs for healing along with holistic practices. Herbalist and community activist April Jones, and herbalist, chaplain, and healer Carolyn Jones share their wisdom and their go-to herbs with us. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Story by James Mahar, read by Jessica Mitchell. Harvest rainwater in a low-maintenance collection setup to water your garden and fill your stock tanks with this free, life-giving resource. For more great articles on livestock and land management, large and small farming, and even bees, go to www.Grit.com. If you’re interested in workshops about everything from cheesemaking to soil health to building around your property, you can take our online classes and attend the Mother Earth News Fairs. Grit’s sister publications are MOTHER EARTH NEWS, Backyard Poultry, and Backyard Beekeeping.

Story by Ashleigh Krispence, read by Jessica Mitchell. Learn how to choose the best pony to help around the farm and herd your cows. For more great articles on livestock and land management, large and small farming, and even bees, go to www.Grit.com. If you’re interested in workshops about everything from cheesemaking to soil health to building around your property, you can take our online classes and attend the Mother Earth News Fairs. Grit’s sister publications are MOTHER EARTH NEWS, Backyard Poultry, and Backyard Beekeeping.

Interview with Patrick Biggs Ph.D. and editor Jessica Mitchell If you want to enjoy a diverse mix of birds in your backyard, then keeping a mixed flock may be the right move for you. In this episode, Patrick Biggs covers how to prepare for raising an array of birds side-by-side, from chickens to turkeys to game birds. Learn what you need to know and do to provide mixed-species flock care so that all your backyard birds are thriving – and so that you can enjoy their company to the fullest! Thanks to Purina Mills for sponsoring this episode. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Interview with Kenny Coogan by editor Jessica Mitchell.   Thanks to Brinsea for sponsoring this episode. In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcast we’re asking the big questions about poultry eggs, and Kenny Coogan is here to answer them. Kenny shares some poultry egg facts – their nutrition, makeup, and how many you can expect from your birds – as well as how to identify and remedy potential problems in chicken, turkey, and duck eggs. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

In this episode, soil scientist and environmentalist Michelle Schuman chats with editor Carla Tilghman about her career in Alaska, climate change, and her new book The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Are you a new or aspiring chicken owner? This episode is for you! Former Mother Earth News and Friends podcast producer Charlotte Brunin chats in-depth with Zach Foley about preparing for hatching chicks. This episode was originally released in 2018 as part of a mini series of chicken podcasts for Community Chickens, now part of our sister magazine Backyard Poultry. Listen to this episode and find more resources at https://www.motherearthnews.com/podcast/cc-hatching-day-zepz1803zcbru/ Listen to more podcasts at MOTHER EARTH NEWS PODCAST. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources that may interest you. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS video page for an opportunity to see some of our podcast guests on camera.

So, you have baby chicks – now what? In this episode, Patrick Biggs explores the ins and outs of caring for baby chicks, as well as other poultry, during their important first few weeks out of the egg. Learn how to gather supplies with success and see your brood to adulthood! Thank you to our sponsor, Purina Mills for making this episode possible! To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR

Leo Sharashkin is a natural beekeeper, raising locally captured swarms on his family’s property in the Ozarks and passionately educating new and experienced beekeepers on how they can more sustainably keep healthy bees. In this episode, Leo talks about how he got started in natural beekeeping, the benefits and challenges that come with it, and natural beekeeping techniques that’ll produce happy, healthy honeybees; tasty honey; and a more sustainable model for the beekeeper. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

PArt 2 of this 2-part episode with Bevin Cohen chatting with editor Jessica Mitchell about nut oils, storing your oils, and how to ramp up your production for sales. After more than a decade of producing his own seed and nut oils at Small House Farm, Bevin Cohen now shares his knowledge and experience to help people feasibly make their own oils for cooking, skincare, and more in his new book, The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils. In this episode, Bevin talks about the benefits of making your own oils, how to get started in small-scale oil production, dives into the details of a few crops that can provide plentiful, unique, flavorful oils for your household. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Part 1 of this 2-part episode. Bevin chats with editor Jessica Mitchell about how he got started and covers specific seeds such as flax and hemp. After more than a decade of producing his own seed and nut oils at Small House Farm, Bevin Cohen now shares his knowledge and experience to help people feasibly make their own oils for cooking, skincare, and more in his new book, The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils. In this episode, Bevin talks about the benefits of making your own oils, how to get started in small-scale oil production, dives into the details of a few crops that can provide plentiful, unique, flavorful oils for your household. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management.   

Podcast with Charlotte French and Zach Foley. Thank you to our sponsor, Purina Mills for making this episode possible! In this episode, Zach and Charlotte explore different illnesses that you should be aware of when raising chickens. They discuss signs, symptoms, and treatments to help you be better prepared. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

With her book Wild & Beautiful now in its second publication, author and herbalist Suzanne Tabert wants everyone to know that feeling healthy and beautiful inside and out can come from everyday holistic practices and simple skincare products you can create at home. In this episode, we dive into Suzanne’s guide to crafting your own body care recipes, from moisturizers to toothpastes, and discuss what health and beauty means – not from the lens of the next quick-fix product but from a lifestyle of care and learning that what you have is enough. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Interview with Joe Putnam. Thanks to our sponsor for this episode Brinsea. In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, Jessica Mitchell chats with Joe Putnam about poultry fencing. Learn about different types of fencing to keep your poultry contained and safe. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Interview with Patrick Biggs. Thanks to our sponsor Purina Mills Whether a seasoned chicken owner or a just-hatched newbie, it’s always good to be prepared before new chicks arrive. In this episode, Patrick Biggs breaks down how to purchase your poultry, gather the right supplies, and set up your space accordingly so you can successfully brood, feed, and care for healthy baby chicks. To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management.