Mother Earth News

**~Sherry~** · 08-20-2002, 07:12 PM

I went to the Library today and checked out some Mother Earth News magazines. That is a very cool magazine!
Alot of homesteading articles... and the houses! There are houses made with hay bales, treehouses, all sorts.
I love it! I think I'll subscribe... when I get some money!

**homesteadmamma** · 08-20-2002, 07:39 PM

An even better one that I've found is Countryside magazine. If you go to their website http://www.countrysidemag.com/ you can order a free copy. If you don't like it, mark cancelled on your bill and thats all there is to it.

It comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

**~Sherry~** · 08-20-2002, 07:46 PM

Went there and ordered a free issue. Thats great!
Thank you so much homestead mamma!!

Cutting out just one glass of soda per person per day for a family of four would save $547.50 a year and make them healthier.

WOW!!!!

**doodlebug** · 08-20-2002, 08:17 PM

I like Countryside magazine much better than Mother Earth too. I enjoy reading what real people are doing and experiencing and I've learned a lot from Countryside.

**~Sherry~** · 08-20-2002, 08:18 PM

I can't wait to get my issue so I can see what you guys are talking about!!

**AandAmom** · 08-20-2002, 08:39 PM

"Cutting out just one glass of soda per person per day for a family of four would save $547.50 a year and make them healthier. "

Geez, so how money could I save a year??

Love,
Kelly
The Pepsiholic

**homesteadmamma** · 08-20-2002, 09:00 PM

One of the reasons I love Countryside is because they have homesteaders who reply to country conversation and feedback. So many interesting letters.

Here is there philosoply:

Its not a single idea, but many ideas and attitudes, including a reverence for nature and a preference for country life; a desire for maximum personal self-reliance and creative leisure, a concern for family nurture and community cohesion; a belief that the primary reward of work should be well-being rather than money, a certain nostalgia for the suppose simplicities of the past and an anxiety about the technological and bureaucratic complexities of the present and the future; and a taste for the plain and functional. ~ end of quote from Countryside magazine July/Aug 2002

It is one of the best investments we've made in regards to information on homesteading or the desire to homestead, be it urban or country.