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The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,710 ratings — published 2009
The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.43 — 3,173 ratings — published 1977
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.41 — 4,960 ratings — published 2001
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,105 ratings — published 1973
The Backyard Homestead Guide To Raising Farm Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.25 — 714 ratings — published 2011
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,145 ratings — published 2007
Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,778 ratings — published 1979
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,536 ratings — published 2006
The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.37 — 801 ratings — published 2013
All New Square Foot Gardening (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,813 ratings — published 1981
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,782 ratings — published 1995
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,788 ratings — published 1995
Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,787 ratings — published 2011
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,702 ratings — published 2006
The One-Straw Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.33 — 9,400 ratings — published 1975
Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.04 — 691 ratings — published 2002
The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,537 ratings — published 2008
Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (Back to Basics Guides)
by (shelved 16 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.90 — 971 ratings — published 2009
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.05 — 114,141 ratings — published 2007
The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner: What to Do & When to Do It in the Garden, Orchard, Barn, Pasture & Equipment Shed (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.27 — 281 ratings — published
The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.82 — 751 ratings — published 2012
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,303 ratings — published 1990
Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,005 ratings — published 1975
Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,899 ratings — published 2008
The New Complete Book Of Self Sufficiency (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.44 — 789 ratings — published 1975
Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.53 — 3,641 ratings — published 2012
You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,804 ratings — published 1998
Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.03 — 20,172 ratings — published 2006
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,730 ratings — published 1988
The Self-Sufficient Gardener: A Complete Guide to Growing and Preserving All Your Own Food (Using the New Deep Bed Method to Grow More Food in Less Space)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.42 — 561 ratings — published 1978
The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,135 ratings — published 2005
The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.54 — 517 ratings — published 2011
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,420 ratings — published 2009
Barnheart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,568 ratings — published 2011
Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills (DIY)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,276 ratings — published 2007
The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.08 — 18,381 ratings — published 2010
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Four Season Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,331 ratings — published 2009
The Family Garden Plan: Grow a Year's Worth of Sustainable and Healthy Food (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.39 — 601 ratings — published
Welcome to the Farm: How-to Wisdom from The Elliott Homestead (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.39 — 388 ratings — published
Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as homestead)
avg rating 3.80 — 647 ratings — published 2011
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.05 — 986 ratings — published 2006
Keeping a Family Cow (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.39 — 242 ratings — published 1981
Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.24 — 606 ratings — published 2000
The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs (The Homesteader's Guides)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.36 — 255 ratings — published
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,160 ratings — published 1995
The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.52 — 117 ratings — published
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing; Log Cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,932 ratings — published 1972
Introduction to Permaculture (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,266 ratings — published 1991
The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,038 ratings — published 1970
Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as homestead)
avg rating 4.11 — 510 ratings — published 2020
“At the fence, the driver punches something into his phone and halfheartedly salutes the soldiers. Just as he is about to get back into the van, he bends down as if he has dropped something and scoops up a handful of earth to examine like a gardener. He looks up, sees the soldiers watching him and chucks it into the hedge, laughing out loud, then dusts his hands down on his khaki trousers, climbs in, and starts the engine.”
― The Well
― The Well
“You need skills to be good at homesteading. You need farming, carpentry, and above all, you need to be able to impersonate Elvis. When society collapses, that’s probably what will save your life.”
― A Memoir of Memories and Memes
― A Memoir of Memories and Memes
