Prepared Neighborhoods: Creating Resilience One Street at a Time
Resilience is a worthwhile pursuit, both for individuals and communities. But how to build strength into our lives as citizens? And into our towns? According...
Series: Best Suburban Growing Books
The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency
The Weekend Homesteader is organized by month—so whether it’s January or June you’ll find exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes...
Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live
This succinct handbook is packed with practical information that will inspire and enable those who want to grow their own food and venture down the...
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...
The Suburban Micro-Farm
Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. Take gardening to the next level!Would you like to grow healthy food for your table? Do you want...
The New American Homestead: Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Living in the Country or in the City
Learn how to live sustainably in the city, the suburbs, or the countryMany people are cutting back on consumerism and trying to simplify their lives,...
The Permaculture Transition Manual: A Comprehensive Guide to Resilient Living
Caught between climate change and a fossil fuel-driven economy that demands ever more growth, the world faces a great transition—by design or disaster—away from fossil...
