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Making Homemade Cheese (Guide E-216 Agriculture Pamphlet) Nancy C. Flores
New Mexico State University, 2007
This is a simple 7 page leaflet-New and it is an excellent guide to go by making homemade cheese,easy to read and follow directions.
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The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living 20 reviews William H. Kemp
Aztext Press, 2006
Awesome book!
+ The Renewable Energy Handbook + informative
Helpful and informative. Easy to understand diagrams and explanations in plain English (i.e. you don't have to be ultra-tech-savvy to understand it).
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Making Artisan Cheese: Fifty Fine Cheeses That You Can Make in Your Own Kitchen (Quarry Book) 8 reviews Tim Smith
Quarry Books, 2005
Very Helpful
+ Making Artisan Cheeses + Making Artisan Cheese
I have the Carroll book as well - I like them both. Some overlap, but between this and the Carroll book you pretty much learn everything you would want to.
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Making Potpourri, Colognes, and Soaps: 102 Natural Recipes 3 reviews David A. Webb
Tab Books, 1988
Found the book interesting.
+ Wonderful
It containted a lot of simple, but useful recipes.
Easy to use and understand.
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Making Great Cheese: 30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to Chevre Plus 18 Special Cheese Dishes 2 reviews Barbara J. Ciletti
Lark Books, 2000
An invaluable book for the beginner cheese maker
+ Out of Print -- Try Two Others!
This is a great book for anybody who loves cheese. I was a total cheese maker novice when a friend who is a chef told me about this book. It is perfect. I found many of the recipes practical and basic. There were several labeled as easy and fairly easy, which gave me the confidence to give them a ...
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Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How (Natural Body Series - The ... 65 reviews Susan Miller Cavitch
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1997
Great Soapmaking Book for Beginners and Experienced Soapmakers
+ The Soapmaker's Companion + Great guide to making soap at home + Good teacher
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Making Cheese, Butter & Yogurt: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-57 2 reviews Phyllis Hobson
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1983
Book focuses primarily upon cheese
This book focuses primarily upon cheese. About 80% of the content of the book is on cheese and cheese only. The book contains about 2 pages of info on butter, with a remaining one half page that focuses on yogurt. The book is packed with information about supplies, how to's, and has a large ...
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Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser ... 16 reviews Bob Ramlow, Benjamin Nusz
New Society Publishers, 2006
all the basics
+ Excellent Book + Solar Water Heating + A great book! + Excellent Book, but wasteful repeated pages
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Making Natural Milk Soap: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-199 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-199) 4 reviews Casey Makela
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999
A great addition to your soaping library!
+ milk soap review + Excellent reference tool.........
Learn the time-honored secrets of making moisturizing, skin-nourishing soaps with milk! Create this sought-after soap at home using the specialized yet simple techniques Casey Makela has developed in more than 15 years of soapmaking. Covers how to make moisturizing milk-based soaps like Oatmeal, ...
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Natural Soap Making -54 Preety and Practical Soap Projects 1 review, 2001
Natural soap making
Nice book. Good explanation of different techniques. Good pictures of what you can expect your soaps to look like. Nice variety or recipes. Simple to read. Any one can follow this simple and thorough instruction.
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The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps 43 reviews Susan Miller Cavitch
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1995
The green way to be clean...
+ The Natural Soap Book + excellent + Soapmaking help
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Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook 6 reviews Ted Owens
New Society Pub, 2006
Awesome resource for green owner/builders using adobe, straw
+ Good, especialy the DVD + Excellent DVD + Building with awareness + Wow! What a gift to be able to see & learn about green building
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Lost Arts: A Cook's Guide to Making Vinegar, Curing Olives, Crafting Fresh Goat Cheese and Simple Mustards, ... 1 review Lynn Alley
Ten Speed Pr, 1995
Lost Arts : A Cook's Guide to Making Vinegar, Curing Olives,
how to cure olives or make cheese, these are some of things I wish that my grandparents would have toughs me if they were alive. such things are a truly becoming a lost art in our fast paced society. however, thanks to this and other books we the novice cook/gardener will find this vary ...
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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy ... 8 reviews John Schaeffer
Gaiam Real Goods, 2007
Excellent
+ The BIBLE of Sustinable Living + Great Resource for Getting Started with Alternative Energy Solutions + Great source for most solar usages + Wonderful resource
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Making Great Cheese At Home: 30 Simple Recipes From Cheddar to Chevre 6 reviews Barbara Ciletti
Lark Books, 2001
Very good
+ An essential ! + Beautiful and mmmmgoooodd
This book shall get you started in home cheesemaking. It is well written it is clear and it has lots of beautiful pictures. It contains a little less info than the similar book authored by Carroll. Buy one or the other.
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The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling 21 reviews Daniel D. Chiras
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002
Amazing book - quite possibly the BEST on solar building
+ An excellent overview + Gives more detail than other books + A Great Reference for building + Good overview of passive solar designs
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Got Sun? Go Solar: Get Free Renewable Energy to Power Your Grid-Tied Home 30 reviews Rex A. Ewing; Doug Pratt
PixyJack Press, LLC, 2005
Great exploratory book.
+ Great intro for getting a home solar system! + got sun, go solar
I was thinking about making the move to solar so I decided to purchase this book and do some online research. This book does a great job explaining how solar works and what you can expect with respect to wattage from a solar array based on the size of the array, where you live, time of year, etc. ...
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Making Cheese, Butter & Yogurt (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-283) 12 reviews Ricki Carroll
Storey Publishing, 2003
Great Starter Book
+ OK primer, the full book is better + Making Cheese at home
We've been making wine for several months now and have been thinking about trying to make cheese. This is a great book to use if you don't have a kit to work with. So many different recipes, we can't wait to get started!
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A Guide to Preserving Food for a 12 Months Harvest: Canning, Freezing, Smoking, and Drying; Making Cheese, ... 2 reviews Mariel Dewey
Ortho Books, 1975
Great inspiration on Gardening and what to do with your Harvest after
+ Decent Brief Guide
This book has been a mere insperation for me. Eversince i bought it, I have been making my own Whole Wheat Bread, and have managed to live more suffiencent with the harvest that i bring in from my own Garden. Granted this is more of a what to do afterwards book rather than a gardening book, but it ...
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Smart Soapmaking: The Simple Guide to Making Traditional Handmade Soap Quickly, Safely, and Reliably, or How ... 33 reviews Anne L. Watson
Shepard Publications, 2007
The Absolutely Best Book on Soapmaking
+ With this book, anyone can make Soap + It is all that is promised and more. + Smart Soapmaking
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