Homesteading books?

I go on E-bay and search "homesteading" you can get great deals on some of the books suggested. Also Alibris has the Foxfire books at a fraction of the cost. Good Luck !! I love all those books and hope someday to have them all......I can never resist a great book..lol

Any books by Katie Thear would be useful.

YAY !! I ordered "The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It". from Alibris and it came today. SO much for cleaning.......feeding.....mucking....ect. Am I the only one who LOVES a good farm book , seed book or (insert animal) magazine. I can get lost in these books. now if I could just get all the animals and people around this place to fend for themselves....

I like Five Acres and Independence, by M.G. Kains. Some of the information is a bit dated, but I like the overall mindset of the book.

Kayleigh

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There really isn't any one book that is best. Lots of good books though and any excellent ones. Browse those library book sales... Oldies but goldies.

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
in the mountains of Vermont
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As to the anthology question. The first anthology covers years 1 and 2 of the magazine, then each of the following anthologies covers an additional year. I highly recommend you read them all - lots of good info in them.

The old Mother Earth News magazines (before they ruined a good mag) are out on CDs now - I haven't tried them yet, but I bet they'd be really good reading.

Along with books, have you checked out Countryside and Small Stock Journal, Backwoods Home, and any of the other magazines put out by Countryside (Sheep!, Dairy Goat Journal, Backyard Poultry, etc)?

Check out the barter board here, too, for books for sale or to post your requests when you know what books you want to buy.

I just got the Storey's Country Living Handbook (I think that is what it's called) and really like it. It has short articles about everything, which is good as I tend to be a little ADHD and hate long books! I am going to try a few of the others that were listed too.

We have one titled Country Wisdom & Know How It is from the editors of Storey Books. It has just about everything in it...A ton of information! We got it from the local Tractor Supply, I believe. They normally have a bunch of different books - and some that are more specific.

I am a city boy looking for the farm experience (thus don't know so much) butI am finding The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live it by John Seymour REALLY entertaining and informative

"The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It" by John Seymour is fantastic. I have another book he wrote entitled "The Forgotten Arts and Crafts" - not quite as good from a homesteading standpoint, but an excellent book nonetheless. It's almost worth getting the book just to read his account on trying to clean a chimeny - if I can remember to do so, I'll bring in the book and type in his description.

carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Counry Living has more information in it than most other books. I highly recommend it.
Stocking UP is another good book. It is about food preservation.
I would check Amazon.com as sometimes people sell used books there at reasonable prices.

Readers Digest put out a book called "Back to Basics" that we liked. It's a great starter. My DH read it and now swears that he could so build me a log cabin!

I'd also suggest Amy Dacyczyn's "The Complete Tightwad Gazette". I know it sounds funny to suggest a book about how to be frugal, but you'll need those extra pennies when you're on the farm! It also has several recipies and ideas that are very practical.