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Old 07/06/10, 10:42 AM
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Books?
I love to read books and was wondering if anyone could give me some good book about Homesteading,Farming, and other such topics that would be a good read? Also books about livestock. Thanks everyone!
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Old 07/06/10, 11:18 AM
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My favorites are:

"The Self Sufficient Life and how to live it" by John Seymour.

"Storey's Basic Country Skills"

"Simply Country Wisdom" by Susan Waggoner
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Old 07/06/10, 11:27 AM
 
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The classics: "Living the Good Life" and "Continuing the Good Life" by Helen and Scott Nearing.
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Old 07/06/10, 11:56 AM
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Omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan
Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
The 100 Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating by Alisa Smith & J. B. MacKinnon
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Old 07/06/10, 12:13 PM
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The Backyard Homestead
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
any of the Storey's Guide to_______

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Old 07/06/10, 12:24 PM
 
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Everything I Want to Do is Illegal - Joel Salatin

The Contrary Farmer books by Gene Lodgson
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Old 07/06/10, 02:00 PM
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Gaia's Garden Toby Hemenway
One Straw Revolution Manasobu Fukooka
Permaculture Design Course Bill Mollison

available on Scribs and some others free online
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Old 07/06/10, 02:52 PM
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I would second The Backyard Homestead and The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It.
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Old 07/06/10, 05:54 PM
 
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Pretty much anything by Gene Logsdon. Another of my favorites is The Fat of the Land by John Seymour.
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Old 07/06/10, 10:21 PM
 
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Carla Emery's classic: Encyclopedia of Country Living!!
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