With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, veteran horticulture teacher Miranda Smith provides a complete reference showing every step for cultivating new plants—whether from seed or cuttings or with techniques such as layering, grafting, and budding.

Propagating new plants from existing ones is not only sustainable but also rewarding for gardeners of all skill levels. The Plant Propagator's Bible offers a solid and complete, go-to reference for expert gardeners but is also a perfect primer for novice plant lover and horticulturalists.

Smith teaches readers, with the support of hundreds of 4-color photos and detailed illustrations, the natural process, and conditions in which plants grow and reproduce, and shows gardeners how to use these systems to propagate any plant that grows in their garden or greenhouse—or even on their windowsill. The book features:

• An A to Z directory of more than 1,000 individual plant species—with appropriate propagation techniques for aquatics, ornamental plants, houseplants, shrubs, trees, vegetables, and wildflowers
• "What Can Go Wrong" advice for each type of plant, explaining potential problems and how to prevent or fix them
• Detailed, step-by-step illustrations and annotated photographs

Including information on essential tools and equipment, this is an indispensable addition to every gardener's bookshelf.

The Mother Earth News Guide to Fresh Food will help you enjoy better-tasting, more nutritious, homegrown and homemade food all year long. With our expert's guidance, you'll learn recipes for fragrant bread made of freshly ground wheat, all the knowledge you'll need to pluck ultra-fresh spinach salads straight out of your cold frame, and even information on how to make your own yogurt and vinegar. In many cases, this fine fare will cost you less than what you pay at the supermarket.

Articles include:

• Grow Your Best Fall Garden: What, When and How - No matter where you live, there are crops you can grow now.
• Save Money on Groceries - Buying in bulk and freezing or canning fruits and vegetables are great ways to enjoy better food and cut food costs. 
• 10 Ways to Boost Flavor and Nutrition in Fresh Food - You know you should eat your fruits and vegetables. What you may not know is that how you handle, cook and store these fresh foods, and the types and varieties you choose, can notably affect their nutritional value. 
• How to Raise Chickens for Meat - Don't just wing it if you're new to raising meat chickens. Use our guide to fill your freezer with broilers in as little as six weeks form hatch to harvest. 
• Use Cold Frames to Grow More Food - Sow seeds in simple frames to add more than a month to your spring garden season. 
• You Can Grow Winter Tomatoes - With the right light, you can grow tomatoes indoors all winter. 
• Easy, High-Quality, Low-Cost Homemade Yogurt - After you know how to make yogurt at home, you'll wonder why you ever wasted money on the sugar-laden, store-bought stuff. 

And more!