I'm so glad someone posted this question. I'm right now trying to decide what to subscribe to with my birthday money. It was between Mother Earth News and Countryside Magazine. I'm leaning towards Countryside even though I've never read one. Mother Earth News is very hit or miss with me. Occasionally I buy one and I can't put it down, and don't want to miss a single word, and othertimes it doesn't interest me in the least. The magazines from the UK are an interesting idea, I'll have to look into that!