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The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,717 ratings — published 2009
The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.43 — 3,175 ratings — published 1977
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,105 ratings — published 1973
The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,537 ratings — published 2008
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,149 ratings — published 2007
Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,780 ratings — published 1979
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 73 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.90 — 974 ratings — published 2009
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 72 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.05 — 114,477 ratings — published 2007
Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,899 ratings — published 2008
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,554 ratings — published 2006
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.42 — 4,982 ratings — published 2001
The Backyard Homestead Guide To Raising Farm Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.25 — 714 ratings — published 2011
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,793 ratings — published 1995
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,792 ratings — published 1995
The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.08 — 18,448 ratings — published 2010
Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.80 — 644 ratings — published 2011
You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,805 ratings — published 1998
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,719 ratings — published 2006
Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,827 ratings — published 2011
The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.37 — 805 ratings — published 2013
The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.82 — 750 ratings — published 2012
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,437 ratings — published 2009
Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,015 ratings — published 1999
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,308 ratings — published 1990
Little House in the Suburbs: Backyard farming and home skills for self-sufficient living (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.07 — 603 ratings — published 2012
The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,044 ratings — published 1970
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Four Season Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,332 ratings — published 2009
All New Square Foot Gardening (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,823 ratings — published 1981
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,238 ratings — published 1999
Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.04 — 691 ratings — published 2002
The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.54 — 518 ratings — published 2011
Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.98 — 548 ratings — published 1972
Barnheart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,569 ratings — published 2011
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,088 ratings — published 2007
Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,009 ratings — published 1975
Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.24 — 609 ratings — published 2000
How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,719 ratings — published 1979
The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I kept the patio, lost the lawn, and fed my family for a year (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,415 ratings — published 2011
Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,415 ratings — published 2002
The Snow Child (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.02 — 183,272 ratings — published 2012
Reader's Digest Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,077 ratings — published 1981
The New Complete Book Of Self Sufficiency (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.45 — 793 ratings — published 1975
The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.18 — 703 ratings — published 2010
Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.53 — 3,678 ratings — published 2012
Chick Days: An Absolute Beginner's Guide To Raising Chickens From Hatchlings To Laying Hens (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.15 — 626 ratings — published 2011
Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,134 ratings — published 2010
The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (Handbook Series)
by (shelved 26 times as homesteading)
avg rating 3.92 — 183 ratings — published 2011
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,313 ratings — published 1989
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,063 ratings — published 2001
Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as homesteading)
avg rating 4.10 — 926 ratings — published 2012
“Whether they've made the land, or the land's made them, it's hard to say, if you take my meaning. It's wonderfully quiet here. Nothing seems to be going on, and nobody seems to want it to.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“My ducks give me eggs, and I took two of those eggs and nurtured them under a dome to produce two ducklings. In a way, I am their mother, and I think Hallmark should make a special card to honor me.”
― Powdered Saxophone Music
― Powdered Saxophone Music
