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In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Charlotte Brunin and  Kellsey Trimble, of Grit, sat down with Cindy Gibson and Sharon Dodds from the Guinea Fowl International Association to discuss how to care for, train, and interpret their behavior. Thank you Brinsea for Sponsoring this episode! To see Brinsea’s incubator, chick brooder, and coop door in action, check them out during the Mother Earth News Facebook Live projects or visit www.Brinsea.com. Here is a collection of related articles you may enjoy: Guinea Fowl International Livestock Conservancy The Big List of Heritage Chicken Breeds  Chicken Breeds: Choosing Your Backyard Flock Raising Guinea Fowl: A Low-Maintenance Flock An Introduction to Raising Geese A Homestead Guide to Domesticated Ducks Heritage Turkey Breeds for Homesteaders Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and FRIENDS, our guests and I will discuss Leathers and Furs: Preserving Animal Hides. In Part 1 we discuss keeping the fur-on process. In Part 2 we continue the conversation to discuss the fur-off method of preserving the hide.   Follow the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: How to Tan a Deer Hide Roadkill: Collecting Animal Fur the Humane Way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  Hunting Licenses By State Grit's Guide to Guns, Knives, and More  Get Your Discount on a Grit Magazine Subscription What's for Dinner ... Deer? Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources! To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and FRIENDS, our guests and I will discuss Leathers and Furs: Preserving Animal Hides. In Part 1 we discuss keeping the fur-on process. In Part 2 we continue the conversation to discuss the fur-off method of preserving the hide.   Follow the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: How to Tan a Deer Hide Roadkill: Collecting Animal Fur the Humane Way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  Hunting Licenses By State Grit's Guide to Guns, Knives, and More  Get Your Discount on a Grit Magazine Subscription What's for Dinner ... Deer? Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources! To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

On this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Charlotte Brunin and Robert Riley meet with Becky and Steve Tipton to discuss all this honey including how to harvest from a Langstroth Hive.    Follow the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: Stay up-to-date on all things beekeeping with a FREE NEWSLETTER from Keeping Backyard Bees. Keeping Backyard Bees The Beekeepers Bible Health Benefits of Honey Household Uses for Honey Crush, Strain, and Harvest Honey Honey Extracting: Bucket Method The Dangers of Over-Harvesting Honey How to Label and Sell Your Honey   Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more beekeeping resources! To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest li

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Kellsey Trimble, of Grit, sat down with Alison Martin from the Livestock Conservancy and Cindy Gibson from the Guinea Fowl International Association to discuss popular poultry breeds and species that you may want to add to your homestead. Thank you Brinsea for Sponsoring this episode! To see Brinsea’s incubator, chick brooder, and coop door in action, check them out during the Mother Earth News Facebook Live projects or visit www.Brinsea.com. Kellsey Trimble, the managing editor of Grit, enjoys immersing herself in the homestead lifestyle as frequently as possible. We were happy to have her on this episode as she continues to enjoy backyard poultry and is expand her expertise on self-sufficient living. You can find Kellsey's blog, Thistle Moon Ridge, on Grit.com. Alison Martin, Ph.D. is the Livestock Conservancy’s Executive Director. She has more than 20 years in poultry science, specializing in health and vaccine development. She was a key leader on the world’s first in ovo (in the egg) vaccine for coccidiosis. Alison has a Ph.D. in Genetics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she specialized in disease resistance in poultry. Cindy Gibson is president of Guinea Fowl International, an organization founded to support responsible guinea-keeping and to educate on the care and habits of guinea fowl. She first acquired guineas to help combat a grasshopper infestation on her Texas ranch, and now keeps more than 100 guinea fowl (along with her chickens, ducks, and grazing animals). She helps new guinea-keepers and frequently speaks to groups about the why-and-how to incorporate guinea-keeping into a landscape or farm. In particular, she helps dispel some of the myths and misinformation that has led some to unsuccessful attempts at guinea-keeping. Here is a collection of related articles you may enjoy: Guinea Fowl International Livestock Conservancy The Big List of Heritage Chicken Breeds  Chicken Breeds: Choosing Your Backyard Flock  Raising Guinea Fowl: A Low-Maintenance Flock An Introduction to Raising Geese A Homestead Guide to Domesticated Ducks Heritage Turkey Breeds for Homesteaders

  In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends, we discuss the considerations you need to take when you are building a chicken coop including where to keep the food, how to space the perches, and are automatic doors all they are cracked up to be!?   Thank you to Onduline for sponsoring this podcast episode!  We also want to thank Rebecca Nickols of Community Chickens for putting together this compilation of cool coops. While you listen please enjoy these links and images showing the cool coops that we look at during the conversation! 1. The Chick Compound 2. The Chick Inn 3. The Cottage Playhouse *Pat's Favorite 4. Double Deck Chicken Coop 5.The Fort Coop 6. Pallet Coop 7. Pay it Forward Coop 8. The Porta Potty Coop 9. Recycled Counter Coop  10. Re Purposed Car Coop  11. Re Purposed Trailer Coop 12. The Rustic / Whimsical Coop 13. The Wicked Chicken Saloon, Mercantile and No Tell-Hotel 14. Build a Coop in an Hour

Put your money where your meat is and befriend a butcher!  In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends we speak with Meredith Leigh to discuss how to pick your butcher, buying meat in bulk, and the business of processing meat. Put your money where your meat is and befriend a butcher! Here is a collection of related articles you may enjoy: Local Meat Processing: More Humane, Less Expensive Options Grass vs. Grain: Improving the Nutritional Profile of Beef Yet More Proof That Grass-Fed Meat is Better How to Make Sausage at Home New Assistance Network for Small-Scale Meat Producers Smoking Meat at Home Find our Guests Books in the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Store The Ethical Meat Handbook MOTHER EARTH NEWS Magazine Would you like to visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR as a Friend! Click Here for a friendly discount! To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and friends our guests Gianaclis Caldwel of Pholia Farm, Jeannette Beranger, and Richard Browning of The Livestock Conservancy will meet with Kellsey Trimble, managing editor of Grit, to discuss different breeds of goats, what their uses are, and what the best methods of keeping them are. If you have goats or are interesteld in getting goats, this episode is for you!  If youre not interested in goats, you will be after this episode!   Thank you Onduline for Sponsoring this episode! To see examples of how onduline can work for you follow this link!   Visit the MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends homespage for more extensive show notes! Here is a collection of related articles you may enjoy: 21 Things You Should Know About Before Your Star a Goat Farm An Introduction to Common Goat Breeds First Time Goat Owner? Be Prepared! How to Choose a Healthy Goat Kidding: Goat Pregnancy and Labor Raising Dairy Goats and the Benefits of Goats Milk Enjoy this video of Josh Brewer and the Onduline team working to build a chicken coop in an hour! Find our Guests Books in the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Store An Introduction to Heritage Breeds Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking The Small-Scale Cheese Business The Farmstead Creamery Advisor Holistic Goat Care Mastering Basic Cheesemaking The Small Scale Dairy. Would you like to visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR as a Friend! Click Here for a friendly discount!  To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEW

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and friends our guests and I will share our expertise to discuss Succession Gardening; when to plant, and what for extended seasons and a year-round harvest! Check the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: MOTHER EARTH NEWS ARCHIVE 1970-2016 Succession Planting Succession Planting for Space Saving and Season Extension Vegetable Garden Design for Four Seasons Books: Growing for Market (Use this link for a Friendly Discount!) A Year-Round Vegetable Gardener To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Kellsey Trimble sits down with Patricia Foreman and Victoria Miller to discuss their recommendations for making a profit with your poultry. Many of us joke that our hobby flocks don’t pay the bills. Let’s change that! Thank you Brinsea for Sponsoring this episode! To see Brinsea’s incubator, chick brooder, and coop door in action, check them out during the Mother Earth News Facebook Live projects or visit www.Brinsea.com.   Check the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: Gossamer Foundation More from Victoria Miller• Craft Distilling• Pure Poultry More from Patricia Foreman• Chicken Tractor• Day Range Poultry• City Chicks To listen to more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

Gene Logsdon had a profound impact on on many peoples views of the land and our own mortality. Enjoy this minisode as Kellsey Trimble, Managing-Editor of Grit, reflects on her feelings of Logsdon's passing.    Check out Kellsey's other blog entries at Thistle Moon Ridge.    Enjoy these books by the great author Gene Logsdon: Holy Shit  All Flesh is Grass Letter to a Young Farmer

In this episode Robert Riley,Senior Producer of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR, sits down with Kellsey Trimble of Grit Magazine, and Victoria Miller author of "Craft Distilling." From mashing and fermenting to the legalities of operating a hobby still, this conversation brings many answers to questions you may have.  Here is a collection of related articles you may enjoy: Find Craft Distilling in the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Store Would you like to visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR as a Friend! Click Here, for a friendly discount!   To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRpage for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

Enjoy this minisode recorded by Grit's Editor-In-Chief, Caleb Regan. Caleb was was able to spend some time with Jake Kristophel aka "Spoon Man" at one of our MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRs.  Jake has left the corporate world to make a living from his homestead.  He has agreed to share more of his homestead businesss ventures with us on homestead.motherearthnews.com. Check it out and gain insight and inspriation to start your own business venture! Don't forget to love your mother! To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live! Click HERE for a "friendly" discount! The Mother Earth News Urban Homesteading Podcast is a production of Ogden Publications

Hello friends of Mother Earth News! We are happy to bring together a few brilliant minds of design to discuss planning eco-friendly and sustainable gatherings, specifically weddings. Joining this fun conversation will be Charlotte Brunin, Jessica Kellner, Tiff Frances, and Zach Foley. Check the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: If you would like to visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS Fair as a Friend! Click Here, for a friendly discount! Check out the MAY/JUNE 2017 Issue of Mother Earth Living, which features Tiff Frances! Enjoy this video of Rebecca Martin and Russell Mullin creating gifts with succulents! To see an image of the table gift that Charlotte was trying to explain click here.   Books: Housing Reclaimed Succulents Simplified To see more podcasts, visit our MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRpage for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live!

In this episode Hannah Kincaid, Senior Editor of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Manging Editor of Heirloom Gardener, sits down with Joanne Bauman and Dawn Combs to discuss what grows in their tea garden and why they love it! Enjoy learning about the different medicinal properties of these plants and how to use them in you tea. Dawn Combs is an ethnobotanist with more than 20 years of experience in her field. She is the owner of the herbal health farm Mockingbird Meadows, is a contributor for Mother Earth Living, and the author of Heal Local: 20 Essential Herbs for Do-it-Yourself Home Health Care and Conceiving Healthy Babies: An Herbal Guide to Support Preconception, Pregnancy, and Lactation.    Joanne Bauman, a Kansas herbalist, shares the gift of the green nations (healing food and medicine plants) in the Wise Woman Tradition of healing. Bauman (of Prairie Magic Herbals) teaches herb classes, grows and wildcrafts medicine plants, creates herbal preparations, and does consultations. Her love of the plants and easygoing teaching style make learning and using your own herbal remedies accessible to everyone.  Bauman serves as coordinator of the Herbalists Without Borders (HWB) Community Herbal Apothecary Project and as coordinator of the Kansas Chapter of HWB. Check the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: Add Roses to Your Edible Landscape All About Growing the Stevia Plant Make Your Own Teas From Garden-Grown Herbs Garden Sorrel Growing and Brewing Herbal Teas Growing and Using Comfrey Leaves Grow Sage in Your Herb Garden to Symbolize Success Growing Yarrow in Your Herb Garden Grow Your Own Marjoram How to Grow and Enjoy Bergamont