Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.)17 reviews Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000 Excellent resource + Meaty. + Happy Piggy + How to Build a Straw House             The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-Builders11 reviews Charles Long Firefly Books, 1998 Finally a really well written book + Wonderful resource! + "Primer" is probably a good word. + Diary of self-taught mason + Valuable book             Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables24 reviews Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991 I'm inspired + Very Informative + Excellent Book + All about root cellars. + Root Cellaring             The Book of Masonry Stoves: Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming9 reviews David Lyle Chelsea Green, 1998 Intriguing historical look + Fantastic Book + Masonry stove + fire primer + Not quite what I'd expected, but great anyway             Log Construction Manual: The Ultimate Guide to Building Handcrafted Log Homes23 reviews Robert Wood Chambers Deep Stream Press, 2006 I wouldn't build with Logs without it! + a must read + Log home building + Good information + Useful book             The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store, and Conserve It6 reviews Stu Campbell Storey Publishing, LLC, 1983 A great source for home water system design and storage. + Excellent read This book covers nearly every situation one may encounter in water procurement, perhaps the only subject not covered is hauling water to a completely dry site. The focus of this book is necessarily on shallow wells, as deep wells require professional drilling, never the less the author covers well ...             Logs, Wind and Sun: Handcraft Your Own Log Home ... Then Power It with Nature4 reviews Rex A. Ewing, Lavonne Ewing Pixyjack Press, 2002 Enjoyable reading with a wealth of information + An inspiring and entertaining book. + Interesting, informative and easy to read! + A Must Read for Log Home Wannabes             The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar ...21 reviews Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, ... Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002 Brilliant and much needed + Core, must-have owner builder book + Beautiful Book! + More than a book + One of the best books in my library             The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-Responsive, Energy-Independent Home10 reviews Steven J. Strong Sustainability Press, 1994 Still Good + Excellent Book on Solar Energy I bought this book in 2005, almost 20 years after the first publication of the book. I went through a couple of emotional phases while reading the book. First I thought this was a great book: it has so many practical details and insights. When I got to the part on system controls and routing the ...             Fences, Gates and Bridges1 review George A. Martin "Hood, Alan C. & Company, Inc.", 1992 This Book can Build a Relationship We do a lot of family stuff. We read together, hike, vacation; we even eat our meals together. But being a close emotional foursome [mom, dad, son age 12 and daughter age 10] we are always looking for a new way to share our time. Pick up this book and pick a project. We started with a new gate ...             Power With Nature: Solar and Wind Energy Demystified14 reviews Rex A. Ewing Pixyjack Press, 2003 Pumps to appliances: alternate options + Great book for breaking into alternate power + Realistic, Informative, Practical Book + an excellent primer             Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long40 reviews Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch Chelsea Green, 1999 Great food, anytime; anyplace, anyone. + The College Course for Gardening! + Four Season Harvest + Great gardening reference. + inspiring!             Homebuilding and Woodworking in Colonial America (Illustrated Living History Series)3 reviews C. Keith Wilbur Globe Pequot, 1992 The Woodwright's Shop meets Eric Sloan + Good General Purpose Book + Wonderful book and illustrations on colonial homebuilding You will not be able to put this book down! The incredible richness of the information and the quality of both the pen and ink drawings and the narative are outstanding. This book really brings together the why and how of early American architecture: It tells the story of how the richness of wood ...             Shelters, Shacks & Shanties: And How to Build Them13 reviews D. C. Beard The Lyons Press, 1999 Outdoorsmen's delight + simple, practical construction + This book is great! Read this review. + This book is great! Read this review. + Old book but great ideas do not grow old!             Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves25 reviews Kiko Denzer Hand Print Press, 2000 Detailed and Complete + Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Edition: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves + Practical and well conceived + Earth Oven, how to build and outdoor oven. + wood fired ovens             The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home13 reviews Dan Ramsey Alpha, 2002 Exellent + Good intro to solar power A truely great book and everybody should read it. Written in easy style and full of information With energy crisis coming up we all need the information in this book, it is so good I bought a second copy for my friends.             The Easy Guide to Solar Electric, second edition13 reviews Pieper Adi ADI Solar, 2001 Good book for novices - like me! + Great book! + Excelent basic books + Nonfiction from the Heart             Appalachian Trail Design, Construction, and Maintenance William Birchard, Robert D. Proudman, ... Appalachian Trail Conference, 2000 A classic, comprehensive manual of trail-building and trail-stewardship principles and techniques, this second edition is the work of the Appalachian Trail Conference's leading trail-builders, both volunteer and professional. It is widely used by veteran and novice trail groups in North America and around the world. This edition contains more than 50 new photographs and 100 explanatory ...             Windpower Workshop5 reviews Hugh Piggott Centre for Alternative Technologies, 2001 An Absolute Must-Have For Windmill Enthusiasts + Produce energy from wind + Specific to build-your-own Windmills + Wind Power explained             Building a Wood-Fired Oven for Bread and Pizza5 reviews Tom Jaine Prospect Books, 1996 a good supplement to The Bread Builders If you're interested in building a wood-fired oven for baking, this is a good supplement to Alan Scott's essential "The Bread Builders". Provides very interesting historical background, amusing anecdotes and a set of plans which are aimed a bit more squarely at the amateur builder than Alan's ...