2017 Slow Living Summit #2: Permaculture & Economic Sustainability, Mark Shepard
PLENARY 2: Permaculture and Economic Sustainability: Making It All Connect – with Mark Shepard Permaculture may be a buzz word or a trend that we...
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Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin’s, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living
First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether...
Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World
Spending money is the last thing anyone wants to do right now. We are in the midst of a massive cultural shift away from consumerism...
The Lean Farm: How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation To many people today, using the words “factory” and “farm” in the same sentence is...
5 Acres & A Dream The Book: The Challenges of Establishing a Self-Sufficient Homestead
What does it take to become a successful homesteader? Based on her popular homesteading blog, 5 Acres & A Dream, Leigh Tate shares how she...
Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness
Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck...
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community
Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution—it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical...
Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Spring Houses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening (Foxfire (Paperback))
Fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and other affairs of plain living are the topics covered in this volume.Great product!...
Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind
In his insightful new book, Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manure-our greatest, yet most...
The Art of Natural Cheesemaking: Using Traditional, Non-Industrial Methods and Raw Ingredients to Make the World’s Best Cheeses
Including more than 35 step-by-step recipes from the Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking Most DIY cheesemaking books are hard to follow, complicated, and confusing, and...
Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living (Foxfire (Paperback))
First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether...
Maximizing Your Mini Farm: 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...
The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects: 76 Useful Things You Can Build to Create Customized Working Spaces and Storage Facilities, Equip the … Animals, and Make Practical Outdoor Furniture
Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop,...
Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living
The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect "back-to-the-land" guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact...
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, 2nd Edition
Today's beekeepers face unprecedented challenges, a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of "colony collapse disorder." Newly introduced pests like varroa and...
The Naturally Bug-Free Garden: Controlling Pest Insects without Chemicals
Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be...
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability
David Holmgren brings into sharper focus the powerful and still evolving Permaculture concept he pioneered with Bill Mollison in the 1970s. It draws together and...
How to Make Money Homesteading: So You Can Enjoy a Secure, Self-Sufficient Life
Check out startacheesebusiness.com for a great course on self-sufficient income!Wouldn't you like to escape the hectic pace of modern life and enjoy a worry-free, self-reliant lifestyle? A lifestyle...
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Back to Basics Guides)
The classic guide to self-sufficiency, with more than 200,000 copies sold—now fully updated!Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—and...
My Life In The Wilderness: An Alaskan’s Story
Robert Hilliker was born in the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, in the late 1920's, just before the Great Depression of 1929 and the 1930's....
