The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Building Your Own Home6 reviews Dan Ramsey Alpha, 2002 Dean Johnson says so. + so good I bought the book + Still afraid I *love* Dean Johnson's HOMETIME TV show! He makes an idiot like myself figure out how to do repair jobs around the house. Now he has a rival: Dan Ramsey, author of an idiot's guide to building a home. Dean even wrote the foreword to Dan's book! Lots of practical advice on building a new house ...             Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder's Guide)5 reviews David Johnston, Scott Gibson Taunton, 2008 Russ + Excellent overview! Great starting point! + Green From The Ground Up + A Good Starting Point + Green from the ground up             Country Wisdom & Know-How27 reviews The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004 This book is responsible for me moving! + Wisdom Is In Its Pages + Whole Earth Catalog for the 21st century + Country Wisdom & Know-How             Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides)15 reviews Stu Campbell Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998 Creating the best garden ever starts at the bottom + The classic book! + Beginning Composters (this is a must have!) + Stinky subject good book! + Let it Rot book             How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings6 reviews Monte Burch Storey Publishing, LLC, 1992 How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings + Excellent resource for building barns + Makes everything so clear + Covers all of the essentials of 'how to' + great book             Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way (Real Goods Independent Living Books)9 reviews Sam Clark Chelsea Green, 1996 An ACCURATE subtitle: as much about design as about building + The best guide to homebuilding on the market. It Rocks! + Really good book + good reading for the owner-builder + Your own way indeed!             Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities19 reviews Shay Salomon The Lyons Press, 2006 Great designs, sometimes overenthusiastic + Excellent and Inspiring + Diverse and intelligent case studies This is a beautiful book! I enjoy reading it in my off hours, just leafing through and reading about other people's ideas. Don't be intimidated by the word "small" in relationship to houses -- some of these small houses are at least 1000sq ft. Some are indeed small. Most of them are not occupied by ...             Real Dirt : The Composting Guide to Backyard, Balcony and Apartment Composting Mark; Johnson, Lorraine Cullen Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1992             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             Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook6 reviews Nathaniel Corum Princeton Architectural Press, 2005 More Than Just a Handbook + Great book for the layman + Good book + A great handbook for those considering straw bale construction + Inexpensive and Efficient Housing             The Encyclopedia of Country Living109 reviews Carla Emery Sasquatch Books, 2008 The best overall book for country living + If I had to pick ONE book to help us prepare to homestead, this is it!! + Country Essential! + Get ready to pack! + Love this book!             Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work77 reviews Mel Bartholomew Rodale Books, 2005 Not "Just" for Small Spaces + gardening choices + Gardening delight + Best Garden Book for Beginers             The Simply Solar House: Green Building on a Budget3 reviews Richard Crume, Yoko Crume Counterbalance Books, 2007 Reviews from Back Cover + This book helped me ! "Anyone with an interest in constructing a solar, energy-efficient home can learn the basics from this book, even with little prior technical knowledge or home building experience. The timing for this impressive resource couldn't be better." Regina Johnson, Editor, Solar Today "Good, clear, ...             Finding & Buying Your Place in Country (Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country)17 reviews Les Scher, Carol Scher Kaplan Business, 2000 A Bible for rural real estate. + Don't buy rural land without it! + Excellent resources if you are looking for land + Great starting point for beginning land buyers + almost too much info             Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))6 reviews Eric Corey Freed For Dummies, 2007 Loved this book! + A brief comment + Excellent Book + Well Organized and Very Helpful + Awesome book!             Barns and Backbuildings: Designs for Barns, Carriage Houses, Stables, Garages & Sheds with Sources for ...12 reviews Donald J Berg, 1998 A House-Plan Catalog for Barns! + the ultimate source book + Great start for ideas + Just What I Was Looking For             Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System18 reviews Mary Appelhof Flower Press, 1997 Good Instructions + Informative book + What a great starter book + Do Your Part To Help the Environment + All you need to know to start your own compost             Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings11 reviews Leigh Seddon Williamson Publishing Company, 1985 Great practical book. + pole building construction review + The garage is almost done This is a very complete book that doesn't leave the reader asking for details like so many others. It's written so beginners can understand it and it contains all the design criteria, load tables, joint details, and so forth that an experienced builder needs to get a building permit and construct ...             Basic Composting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (Basic How-to Guides)3 reviews Stackpole Books, 2003 Basic Composting + Just what I needed! + Great basic knowledge I was teaching a class at the local library on Composting and the Librarian brought me this book to display. I was thrilled to see a book that was easy to read and understand for the novice composter. I find alot of people don't get this concept, how easy it is and the great benefits to the ...             Natural Timber Frame Homes: Building with Wood, Stone, Clay and Straw2 reviews Wayne Bingham, Jerod Pfeffer Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2007 thoughful, well written, beautiful photos. + Great home design & reference book with awesome photos This book is far from typical. It is well written and has a strong theme about the economic and environmental imperative of natural building with local materials. Gibbs and Smith typically publish pictures books with writing that is secondary to design. This book has both great writing and great ...