THE RESILIENT FARM AND HOMESTEAD
by Ben Falk
If you live in a cold climate (or not) and want to be able to homestead, this book is a how-to manual packed with helpful information:
Chapter 1: Creating a Positive Legacy While Adapting to Rapid Change
Chapter 2: The Design Process and Site Establishment
Chapter 3: Water and Earthworks
Chapter 4: Fertility Harvesting and Cycling
Chapter 5: Food Crops
Chapter 6: Adaptive Fuel and Shelter
Chapter 7: Resilience and Regeneration for the Long Haul
The following Appendices are also included:
Appendix A: Assessing Resiliency Aptitude Quiz
Appendix B: Resilient Home Curriculum Outline
Appendix C: Crucial Skill List for Emergencies
Appendix D: Tools and Materials
Appendix E: Homestead Vulnerability Checklist and Strategy Summary to Reduce Vulnerability
in Acute Events
Appendix F: Vocabulary and Concepts
Appendix G: Resources
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
Carla Emery teaches so much in her book!
by Carla Emery
Published by Sasquatch Books
Table of Contents
Chapter
1: Oddments (includes choosing & buying your land)
Chapter 2: Introduction to plants
Chapter 3: Grasses, grains, and canes
Chapter 4: Garden vegetables
Chapter 5: Herbs and flavorings
Chapter 6: Tree, vine, bush, and bramble
Chapter 7: Food preservation
Chapter 8: Introduction to animals
Chapter 9: Poultry
Chapter 10: Goats, cows, and home dairying
Chapter 11: Bee, rabbit, sheep, and pig
The Ultimate Guide to SELF-RELIANT LIVING
If we pack solar panels and electronics with EMP protection, we should be able to have electricity after the 3 Days of Darkness.
edited by Jay Cassell
Skyhorse Publishing
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Buying Property and Building on It
Chapter 2: Energy
Chapter 3: Growing Food
Chapter 4: Raising Animals
Chapter 5: Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Gathering
Chapter 6: Cooking, Baking, Storing Foods
Chapter 7: Survival Skills
Chapter 8: Dealing with Disasters
The Practical Homestead
This book has gems of practical advice on every aspect of homesteading, even how to plough.
by Paul Heiney
The great thing about this book is that it is full of photographs that really help to teach concepts!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Home Farming
Chapter 2: Animal Husbandry
Chapter 3: Fruits of the Earth
Chapter 4: Wider Horizons
Chapter 5: Food from the Fields
Chapter 6: Home Comforts
COUNTRY SKILLS: A Practical Guide to Self-Sufficiency
by Alison Candlin
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Starting Out
Chapter 2: Calendar of Seasonal Tasks
Chapter 3: Growing Vegetables
Chapter 4: Growing Fruit
Chapter 5; Directory of Pests and Diseases
Chapter 6: Keeping Animals
Chapter 7: Food from Nature
Chapter 8: Preserving Your Produce
Chapter 9: Water and Energy Conservation
How to Build Your Own Greenhouse
Greenhouses can be coldframes, high tunnels, covered in plastic or old windows, and even placed over trenches!
by Roger Marshall
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Questions to Ask Before You Begin
Chapter 2: The First Glasshouses
Chapter 3: An Overview of Greenhouse Options
Chapter 4: Choosing the Greenhouse Site, Size, and Interior Layout
Chapter 5: Controlling the Greenhouse Environment
Chapter 6: Greenhouse Building Materials
Chapter 7: Glazing
Chapter 8: The Foundation
Chapter 9: Building Techniques
Chapter 10: Wiring, Plumbing, and Heating: Systems Design and Installation
Chapter 11: Greenhouse Accessories
Chapter 12: Greenhouse Maintenance
Chapter 13: Greenhouse Plans
Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance
With this makeshift anvil, hammers and file, you can make replacement blades for tools.
by James Ballou
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Know Your Raw Materials
Chapter 2: Making and Using Cord
Chapter 3: Makeshift Metalworking
Chapter 4: Improvised Tools
Chapter 5: Expedient Repair Methods
Chapter 6: Doing Your Own Soldering, Brazing, and Welding
Chapter 7: Things You Can Make Out of Other Things
Chapter 8: Practical Tips for the Craftsman or Handyman
Chapter 9: Theorems and Formulas for Inventors and Builders
PVC Projects
This chicken yard is made from PVC piping and netting.
This chicken yard is portable, which allows the chickens to eat up grass seeds around your property. . . hooray!
by Tom Forbes
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Tools and Materials
Chapter 2: Construction Tips
Chapter 3: Shelters
Chapter 4: Camping Gear
Chapter 5: Winter Sports
Chapter 6: Water Sports
Chapter 7: Archery
Chapter 8: Firearms
Chapter 9: Weapons
Chapter 10: Miscellaneous
More PVC Projects For the Outdoorsman
This is a very simple PVC pipe bow. The book has better designs to help with hunting for food.
by Tom Forbes
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Hunting
Chapter 3: Fishing
Chapter 4: Shelters
Chapter 5: Camping Gear
Chapter 6: Cheap Living
The Backyard Homestead
You need at least 6 apple trees, planted in two rows of 3, for cross pollination to occur. Save seeds now for after the 3 Days of Darkness!
Edited by Carleen Madigan
"From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest: 1.400 eggs, 50 lbs of wheat, 60 lbs of fruit, 2,000 lbs of vegetables, 280 lbs of pork and 75 lbs of nuts" (back cover).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Home Vegetable Garden
Chapter 2: Backyard Fruits and Nuts
Chapter 3: Easy Fragrant Herbs
Chapter 4: Home-Grown Grains
Chapter 5: Poultry for Eggs and Meat
Chapter 6: Meat and Dairy
Chapter 7: Food From the Wild