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.
  
  











  



  
The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living20 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).
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
Making Potpourri, Colognes, and Soaps: 102 Natural Recipes3 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.
  
  











  



  
Making Great Cheese: 30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to Chevre Plus 18 Special Cheese Dishes2 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Making Cheese, Butter & Yogurt: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-572 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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, ...
  
  











  



  
Natural Soap Making -54 Preety and Practical Soap Projects1 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.
  
  











  



  
The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps43 reviews
Susan Miller Cavitch

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1995

The green way to be clean...

+ The Natural Soap Book
+ excellent
+ Soapmaking help
  
  











  



  
Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook6 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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Making Great Cheese At Home: 30 Simple Recipes From Cheddar to Chevre6 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.
  
  











  



  
The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling21 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
  
  











  



  
Got Sun? Go Solar: Get Free Renewable Energy to Power Your Grid-Tied Home30 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. ...
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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