S1E112 Some of My Favorite Homesteading Related Books

Part of the feedback I got from the survey was a suggestion that I share some of the books I find helpful.  This is the list
General Homesteading:
1.
Back to Basics
2.
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide by John Seymore
3.
From Home To Small Town Homestead: Pursuing Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability No Matter Where You Live by Harold Thornbro
4.
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself by Carla Emrey
5.
The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! Carleen Madigan

Gardening:
1.
Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
2.
Gardening Without Work by Ruth Stout
3.
Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway
4.
New Organic Grower /
5.
4 Season Harvest Eliot Coleman

Raising Chickens:
1.
Chickens: The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers by Harvey Usery

Canning:
1.
Ball Blue Book of Canning
2.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

Fermentation:
1.
The Art of Fermentation by Sandoor Katz

Books on Food:
1.
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon
2.
The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully by Aaron Carroll

Autobiography/Biography:
1.
Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg Michael Perry
2.
Saving the Guinea Hogs: The Recovery of an American Homestead Breed by Cathy Payne
3.
Up Tunket Road: The Education of a Modern Homesteader Philip Ackerman-Leist
4.
LIttle House on the Prairie (Farmer Boy)

Books In My Queue:
The Ethical Meat Handbook by Meredith Leigh
Pure Charcuterie by Meredith Leigh
Polyface Micro by Joel Salatin
The Rodale Book of Composting
Enjoy!!
Brian
Brian@thehomesteadjourney.net

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