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Various things of benefits that don;t really fit only in one other place
Mastering the Growing Edge: Plants as Tools for Garden Creation
For those who are interested in more efficient, ecologically friendly gardens, or simply curious what the wide world of plants can offer us going into the future. Mastering the Growing Edge is a cutting edge work that broadens our view…
The Green Pharmacy by James A. Duke, Ph.D. – book review
I just finished reading The Green Pharmacy by James A. Duke, Ph.D. I received this paperback a couple years back (at least) and only now dusted it off and gave it a read. What a gem! It received excellent reviews…
Dig Less Gardening: For Soils-Plants Mind Body Spirit Earth Trilogy of Health permaculture style no-dig, no-till organic chemical weed free lasagna sheet composting manual
Beginners guide to stop breaking your back digging in the garden.Start using this easy fast technique beginner gardening or more advanced for healthier soil, growing healthy vegetables, simple organic gardening. Gardening using a no-till, no-dig lasagna style gardening techniques for…
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time…
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation
Typical books about preserving garden produce nearly always assume that modern "kitchen gardeners" will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits. Yet here is a book that goes back to the future—celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and…
Straw Bale Gardens Complete
"Are you ready to learn about a transformative garden technology that could change your life - for less than $100?" - New York TimesTake your straw bale gardening to the next level - in more places, with new products, and…
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Back to Basics Guides)
Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to Back to…
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
From craft culture to survivalists, preppers, homesteaders, urban farmers, and everyone in between there is a desire for a simpler way of life—a healthier, greener, more self-sustaining and holistic approach to modern life. The knowledge you need to survive…
Permaculture Chicken: Incubation Handbook
The Permaculture Chicken Incubation Handbook walks beginners through perfecting the incubating and hatching process so they can enjoy the exhilaration of the hatch without the angst of dead chicks. 92 full color photos bring incubation to life, while charts, diagrams,…
Letters Of A Woman Homesteader: Premium Edition – Illustrated
Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most…
Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness
FIRST PLACE - JOURNEY AWARDS for Narrative Non-Fiction Chanticleer Book Reviews 2015 WINNER - NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD memoir 2014 HONORABLE MENTION - FOREWORD REVIEW'S BOOK of the year 2014 FINALIST - USA BEST BOOK AWARD Autobiography/Memoir category 2014…
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition
If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has…
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that’s taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way,…
Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables
Stretch the resources of your small backyard garden further than ever before, without devoting hundreds of hours to canning! This informative and inspiring guide shows you not only how to construct your own root cellar, but how to best use…
DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner: 25 Ways to Build a Self-Reliant Lifestyle
Build your way to a more self-sufficient lifestyle with step-by-step projects for backup and supplementary utilities--including independent water, heat, and electricity--growing and storing food, raising small livestock, beekeeping, and more. Many of the projects require basic materials available at your…
Backwoods Home Magazine
Backwoods Home Magazine is written for people who have a desire to pursue personal independence, self-sufficiency, and their dreams. We offer "how-to" articles on owner-built housing, independent energy, gardening, health, self-employment, country living, and other topics related to an independent…
40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead: A Hands-on, Step-by-Step Sustainable-Living Guide (Build Feeders, Fences, Coops, & Sheds, Includes Wind & Solar Power, Rooftop & Vertical Gardening)
A companion volume to Backyard Homesteading, 40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead provides details on how to build more than 40 projects to enhance your sustainable living. Even if you are only moderately handy, you'll discover the tools and…
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree: A Novel
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Viola Davis; "An eye-opening look at the little-explored area of a black frontier woman in the American West." --Chicago Sun-Times Praised by Alice Walker and many other bestselling…
The Mix & Match Guide to Companion Planting: An Easy, Organic Way to Deter Pests, Prevent Disease, Improve Flavor, and Increase Yields in Your Vegetable Garden
With its unique split-page mix-and-match system, The Mix & Match Guide to Companion Planting is a colorful visual gardening guide to which vegetables, fruits, and herbs grow best with one another, and which do not.The age-old practice of companion planting is an…
The Made-from-Scratch Life: Simple Ways to Create a Natural Home
Do you long for simpler days? Do you wish you had the time to offer your family home-grown meals? Does your heart cry for a quiet place in this fast-paced world?Blogger and homesteader Melissa K. Norris inspires with practical and…
