Back to Basics59 reviews Robert Dolezal Readers Digest, 1981 Great post-oil book + Wonderful Resource + User Friendly Foxfire + the best book ever published + Basic and instructional             The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...51 reviews Edward C. Smith Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000 Great book for beginners & those who want to improve/expand their gardens + Novice Gardener's review + Practical and helpful + Easy to understand             Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and ...26 reviews Gail Damerow Storey Publishing, LLC, 2002 I loved this book! + A wonderful starter for backyard livestock + Quick start guide + Back to Basics! + Very informative             Back from the Land: How Young Americans Went to Nature in the 1970s and Why They Came Back9 reviews Eleanor Agnew Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2005 The Back to the Land Movement: Why it Failed and Why we Need to Try Again Anyway + A blast from the past ... + Honest + well thought out and thorough             Mini Farming for Self Sufficiency3 reviews Brett Markham Brett L Markham, 2006 The Edible is Political + Fantastic resource! + One of the best on gardening, mini-farming, food self-sufficiency If you are new to mini-farming, this is the book to get. Markham grows a tremendous amount of food in a postage stamp piece of land, and he tells how to do it in this book. From planting the seeds to processing the harvest to a lesson on soil chemistry in between, this book covers it all in a ...             Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance30 reviews John Storey, Martha Storey Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999 Great overall starter guide and reference + Heading For The Country + Great, simple, pointed This book covers a huge range of country skills, including a companion planting guide. I wouldn't be without mine!             Meanwhile, Next Door to the Good Life5 reviews Jean Hay Bright BrightBerry Press, 2003 A must read if you "went back to the land" + A Pleasure + A must read for anyone considering emulating the Nearings Like many thousands of others, I was inspired by the books of Helen and Scott Nearing and left the corporate world in the mid '70's for the "simplicity" of "The good life" they espoused. The adventure, was much more difficult and complex than indicated by the Nearings. It was "good", but it ...             Meanwhile, Next Door to the Good Life5 reviews Jean Hay Bright BrightBerry Press, 2003 A must read if you "went back to the land" + A Pleasure + A must read for anyone considering emulating the Nearings Like many thousands of others, I was inspired by the books of Helen and Scott Nearing and left the corporate world in the mid '70's for the "simplicity" of "The good life" they espoused. The adventure, was much more difficult and complex than indicated by the Nearings. It was "good", but it ...             Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance30 reviews John Storey, Martha Storey Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999 Great overall starter guide and reference + Heading For The Country + Great, simple, pointed This book covers a huge range of country skills, including a companion planting guide. I wouldn't be without mine!             Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and ...26 reviews Gail Damerow Storey Publishing, LLC, 2002 I loved this book! + A wonderful starter for backyard livestock + Quick start guide + Back to Basics! + Very informative             Mini Farming for Self Sufficiency3 reviews Brett Markham Brett L Markham, 2006 The Edible is Political + Fantastic resource! + One of the best on gardening, mini-farming, food self-sufficiency If you are new to mini-farming, this is the book to get. Markham grows a tremendous amount of food in a postage stamp piece of land, and he tells how to do it in this book. From planting the seeds to processing the harvest to a lesson on soil chemistry in between, this book covers it all in a ...             Back from the Land: How Young Americans Went to Nature in the 1970s and Why They Came Back9 reviews Eleanor Agnew Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2005 The Back to the Land Movement: Why it Failed and Why we Need to Try Again Anyway + A blast from the past ... + Honest + well thought out and thorough             The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...51 reviews Edward C. Smith Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000 Great book for beginners & those who want to improve/expand their gardens + Novice Gardener's review + Practical and helpful + Easy to understand             Back to Basics59 reviews Robert Dolezal Readers Digest, 1981 Great post-oil book + Wonderful Resource + User Friendly Foxfire + the best book ever published + Basic and instructional