Homesteading and Gardening Books

[jtjf_1]

Hey Everyone I am looking at buying some more books to add to my collection.

Currently I have all of John Seymour's Books

One Straw revolution, Five Acres and Independence, and Back to Basics

I am looking for all of your suggestions on what books I should pick up to add to my library?

What is good and what would you recommend? Joel Salatin, Square foot gardening?

[Darren]

Permaculture, the original one by Mollison and Pattern Language. Both can reorient your thinking in ways that can save you time and money down through the years especially if you're building up your own place.

[Patt]

Books?

[Murray in ME]

Joel Salatin's books are good. I really like Eliot Coleman's books on organic farming. My favorite homesteading author is Gene Logsdon. I have most of his books and like them all very much. The first book on the subject I ever read was Gene Logsdon's Homesteading.

[peri_simmons]

Carrla Emery's book, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COUNTRY LIVINor mr is the best single, most inclusive, detailed, book on country skills I have used. this city girl learned to butcher, raise and keep chickens, garden, plan for
self-sufficent living. Just the best book out there. When my old copy fell apart I bought a new one. I will buy it in hard cover next time.

I love all the others, Seymour, Logdson, Foxfire, all the others. But when I want instructions, I use her for everything except building stuff.

I believe it is a must have for any homestead library!!!

[Callieslamb]

"Joy of Gardening" Dick Raymond.

[ronbre]

Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway ..you can find it at the bottom of this site and it's purchase will help permaculture site

www.permies.com or you can go to Toby Hemenway's site and get it from there and benefit the authory ..both sell it on amazon

[used2bcool13]

I enjoyed square foot gardening and lasagna gardening, I think Elliot Coleman is the greatest for extending the harvest

Go to the library if possible or request as many of these books as you can to give them a test run and see which ones you must own and which ones you could just borrow from the library.

Most of my collection was purchased second hand, back to the basics was my first and it was borrowed from my Dad who got it from his Mom and then I bought my own copy.

Check out library sales and yard sales you can usually afford these books easily.