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Wren Everett

United States
As seen in: xXPainWarriorXx, Mother Earth News, GRIT, Backyard Poultry Magazine, Countryside, Backwoods Home Magazine, Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Covers:  Self-Sufficient Living, Off-Grid Living, Gardening, Livestock, Foraging, Whole-Foods Cooking, Self-Reliance, Homesteading

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Wren Everett’s Biography

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Wren lives off-grid with her husband on a homestead in the Ozarks, seeking out, learning, and trying to preserve the old skills that their urban backgrounds never gave them. She currently writes for Backwoods Home Magazine, Self-Reliance, Mother Earth News, Grit, Countryside Magazine, and Backyard Poultry Magazine. In the past, she contributed to Insteading.com and Homestead.org. She also draws homesteading-themed comics for Backwoods Home and Self-Reliance.

Wren Everett’s Journalist Portfolio

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How to Cook on a Woodburning Cookstove

How to Cook on a Woodburning Cookstove

Listen to this episode from Mother Earth News and Friends on Spotify. In this audio article episode of Mother…

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Modern Victory Garden - Mother Earth News

Modern Victory Garden - Mother Earth News

Grow a modern victory garden to save money, feed your family, build community, gain food security, and resili…

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Modern Landrace Gardening - Mother Earth News

Modern Landrace Gardening - Mother Earth News

Try modern landrace gardening techniques to create your own landrace vegetable seeds by overcoming challengin…

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Moving Off the Grid - Grit

Moving Off the Grid - Grit

Moving off the grid can mean any necessary resource that is not self-generated. Discover what you need to con…

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Unusual Vegetables to Grow from Pre-Columbian Times - Grit

Unusual Vegetables to Grow from Pre-Columbian Times - Grit

Go on a journey to pre-Columbian times to find unusual vegetables to grow that are little-known but flavorful…

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Tracing a bean - Backwoods Home Magazine

Tracing a bean - Backwoods Home Magazine

By Wren Everett The beans came to me as an accident. In the early spring of 2023, I was scouring The Exchange…

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Modern Landrace Gardening – Mother Earth News

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By Wren Everett
| Mother Earth News Verified
Try modern landrace gardening techniques to create your own landrace vegetable seeds by overcoming challenging weather and pests. Consider the following two stories: In the first, a gardener goes out to her garden to plant some of her favorite vegetables, summer and winter squash. She holds her store-bought heirloom seed packets in her hands like the most precious of treasures, excited to harvest good food from her garden and save seeds for next year.
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The Best Flowers for a Cutting Garden

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By Wren Everett
| Countryside & Small Stock Journal Verified
Reading Time: 6 minutes In this article, you’ll learn which are my best flowers for a cutting garden in Zone 6b. By doing some research, you too will find your favorites. by Wren Everett– When I first started homesteading, I didn’t think I had time for flowers. I wanted to grow food, and taking up valuable garden space for something as frivolous as mere blooms seemed a pointless waste.
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You Can’t Just Make Community Happen: Finding Your Flock

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By Wren Everett
| homestead.org
Community is something I have longed for all my life. I think it’s a natural human desire—to be a part of an extended family, of a village, of a group of like-minded people who can live together. In the modern era, where the “village” has been replaced with suburban sprawl, tech-based interactions, and the vacuous loneliness of social media, we seem to be more desperate than ever to find real human trust and connection.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Does a quill count? That's quite a bit further back in history...

What's your favorite social network?

None! I despise social media, which is one of the many reasons I became an off-grid free peasant in the Ozarks.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Keep meticulous personal records and always be willing to follow-up. Don't depend on anyone else to keep track of your work for you.