If you are new to Homesteading or just want to learn all you can about it, below are a few books and magazines we like. We do buy some books (mostly second hand) and we do a lot of reading by using our local Library which is FREE! Magazines are another great way to learn and sometimes you can get a good deal on a subscription. The money spent on the subscription will save you money by what you learn and put to use at your homestead.
Books:
Call number 640.917
Looking to become more self-reliant and get back to the basics of country living? Whether it's making ice cream, sharpening an ax, cleaning a chimney, or growing raspberries, it's in this treasury of time-honored country wisdom. Covers all the basics of gardening, animal husbandry, home building and repair, cleaning, sewing, and cooking.
Call Number 640
Practical advice, invaluable information, and collected wisdom for folks and farmers in the country, city, and anywhere in between. Includes how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, can peaches, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, build a chicken coop, catch a pig, cook on a wood stove, and much, much more
Call Number 640
8,167 useful skills and step-by-step instructions including: attracting hummingbirds, baking basic bread, breeding livestock, building homebrew equipment. The most complete volume on every aspect of country living-from home and garden to barn and beyond.
Magazines:
BackHome Magazine- Your hands-on guide to sustainable living
Countryside Magazine- The magazine of modern homesteading
Mother Earth News- The original guide to living wisely
***These are just a few of the Books/Magazines that we like. There are many more to choose from. If you have suggestions please let us know –
btcld@redsuspenders.com (please put Amishway in the subject so we know its not spam mail-thanks! J )