This 100-page guide is filled with articles with instructions for preserving food, whether it's canning, freezing or dehydrating. Plus, you can read about backyard chickens, the best ways to store fresh vegetables, how to make cheap garden beds and so much more.

Eat better. Save money. That’s the theme of the fourth edition of the Mother Earth News Guide to Fresh Food All Year. This 100-page guide shows how to grow, maintain and harvest your own food all year long. At least 20 A wide variety of articles – 20 in all - cover everything from growing the best tomatoes to building a mini-greenhouse, from preserving fresh food to making homemade butter.

The new Mother Earth News Guide to Green Cars is filled with tips for maximizing your gas mileage, a list of fuel-efficient cars for every need, information about biofuels and more. The Guide also includes a 30-page Ultimate Green Car Buyer's Guide.

Grow herbs all year round with the help of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Growing Rosemary and Other Herbs from the Herb Companion Series. With helpful tips and step by steps this guide will give you a great foundation towards a tastier dish or a better looking garden! From growing seeds indoors, creating colorful window displays, growing herbs overwinter indoors, or growing oregano you'll gain new skills in all things herbal!

Grow herbs all year round with the help of the Mother Earth News Guide to Growing Sage and Other Useful Herbs from the Herb Companion Series. Plant and grow tropical plants (such as ginger and turmeric) throughout the year with the aboveground containers. Use horticulture therapy techniques, infuse your soil with beneficial microbes, discover the best seed companies, plant a native garden, and learn all about different plants, such as 7 shade-loving herbs. Grow these herbs and put them to good use with the Guide to Growing Sage and Other Useful Herbs!

Enjoy growing your own food and cutting your bills in half this year. MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Growing Your Own Food is filled from cover to cover with the best articles on gardening, preserving, backyard chickens, beekeeping and more. With the help of this 100-page guide, you'll get the satisfaction of saving money and eating homegrown food all year long.

Perfect for anyone looking for tips and tricks to eat better and save money, the seventh edition of the Mother Earth News Guide to Growing Your Own Food has advice for growing tomatoes, preserving fresh food, raising chickens for meat, and much more!

Learn how to use cold frames to grow more food. Discover how to keep bees naturally. Get the best eggs ever from your backyard chickens. Try fresh spring recipes using ingredients straight from the garden.

Other articles include:

• Seed-Starting Basics: Start seeds yourself to get a jump on the growing season and enjoy unique plant varieties.
• 21st Century Homestead Food Security: By working with the land, we can produce much of our own food.
• Container Gardening with Vegetables and Herbs: Lacking a good garden spot? Create a bountiful, diverse garden in containers.
• Raising Rabbits for Meat and Breeding Stock: These multipurpose lagomorphs require little and yield lots; an ideal quality that supports raising rabbits for meat.
• To Bake the Best Bread Grind Your Own Grain: Healthy reasons you should consider grinding your own grain at home.

The MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Healing Herbs, 3rd Edition is filled with more than 131 herbs for growing, cooking and healing. You'll learn 21 recipes for better health, read about in-depth plant profiles, make your own cough drops, find cancer-fighting herbs and more.

This 100-page guide is filled with articles that cover everything from making your own herbal medicines to creating herbal vinegars. You'll be able to read about the best herbal remedies; learn about antibacterial food and herbs; dive into making your own natural arthritis remedies; or discover how to use calendula for treating those minor burns, bruises and inflammation.

More and more households are using herbs and herbal remedies for growing, cooking and healing. The fifth edition of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Healing Herbs is filled with articles to help guide you through growing and using herbs. Learn the household uses for tea tree oil, witch hazel, turmeric, cinnamon and more. Read what herbs you should have on hand in your medicine chest and what herbs help with what ailment. Delicious recipes and helpful gardening tips are also included.