Owner Built Homestead

by Barbara Kern, Ken Kern

Book by Kern, Barbara, Kern, Ken

394 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is chock full of hand drawn charts and graphs and information about building a farm from the earth up (aka homesteading). It incorporates lots of ideas that, if you were to actually follow through with them (all the building plans are for circular buildings) might make you look like a real nut job, but where else are you going to find directions for a fish garden with scientific reasoning for incorporating three circular ponds? A good read if you're interested in agriculture and in alternative environmental design.

[Nico]

Good so far. Only on the third chapter. Valuable reflections on the value of being self sufficient.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

off the grid living everyone should have a copy for the tide is high and the prophets are false did in folks somthing bads coming.....

[Tyler Buckley · Rating 4 out of 5]

very informative, a little bit dated