Best States For Homesteading - April 2024

Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less): Eat Healthy, Save Money, and Live Sustainably in the Space You Have (A Living Free Guide)

For urban and country dwellers alike, a quarter acre is all the space you need to farm all the food you need! Homesteading allows you to feed your family healthy meals harvested right from your own backyard while also reducing your environmental footprint.Live off the land you have. Plant a successful and sustainable farm—on a quarter acre to a full acre and beyond—where you can raise your own fruits, vegetables, chickens, bees, milk-bearing animals, and more. Local, organic food is attainable to you at a fraction of the cost with your own self-contained operation.Angela England runs her f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1615642145
• ASIN: 1615642145
• ISBN: 1615642145
• Brand: Alpha Books
• Manufacturer: Alpha

Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival

The ultimate resource for experiencing the backcountry!Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages--this valuable guide offers only the most important survival skills to help you craft resources from your surroundings and truly experience the beauty and thrill of the wilderness. Inside, you'll also discover detailed information on:Choosing the right items for your kit.Manufac... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00MIMHPII
• ASIN: B00MIMHPII
• Manufacturer: Adams Media

Fahrenheit 11/9

• ASIN: B07LCRQQ4K
• ASIN: B07LCRQQ4K

Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States: The Guide to Creating a Sustainable Landscape

Praised by Doug Tallamy as "an important new tool to our native plant libraries," this go-to guide is perfect for gardeners of all skill levels looking to add sustainable native flora to any horticultural project east of the Mississippi River Valley. Gleaned from the authors' 75 years of landscaping experience, this user-friendly reference offers suggestions on species selection based on a plant's performance, aesthetic appeal, and wide range of adaptability. Expert authors Tony Dove and Ginger Woolridge's valuable resource is organized for fast and confident tree and shrub selections for spe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 162354503X
• ASIN: 162354503X
• ISBN: 162354503X
• Manufacturer: Imagine

the Great American Farm Tour

• ASIN: B07NZ2RYDL
• ASIN: B07NZ2RYDL

Top-Bar Beekeeping with Les Crowder and Heather Harrell (DVD)

In backyards and on rooftops all over the world, the top-bar hive design is revolutionizing the art and practice of beekeeping. With top-bar hives the bees naturally construct their own wax combs rather than relying on prefabricated frames of plastic cell foundation in a typical box-type hive. And top-bar hives are now being used to raise healthy bees organically, without the use of antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. In this instructive video, New Mexico beekeeper Les Crowder shares his thirty years' experience in developing best practices for working with bees in top-bar hives.... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603584803
• ASIN: 1603584803
• ISBN: 9781603584807
• Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing

The Un-American

• ASIN: B07DP9D6TN
• ASIN: B07DP9D6TN

Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use

Craft a soothing aloe lotion after an encounter with poison ivy, make a dandelion-burdock tincture to fix sluggish digestion, and brew up some lavender-lemon balm tea to ease a stressful day. In this introductory guide, Rosemary Gladstar shows you how easy it can be to make your own herbal remedies for life’s common ailments. Gladstar profiles 33 common healing plants and includes advice on growing, harvesting, preparing, and using herbs in healing tinctures, oils, and creams. Stock your medicine cabinet full of all-natural, low-cost herbal preparations.

• ASIN: B007V5AXOA
• ASIN: B007V5AXOA
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

America Recycled

• ASIN: B01MR1GQF3
• ASIN: B01MR1GQF3

Salt Smoke Time: Homesteading and Heritage Techniques for the Modern Kitchen

“The man best known for creating the smoked watermelon ‘ham’ has distilled all of his knowledge of foraging, preserving, smoking, salting, and more into… a perfect gift for anyone you know who’s looking to get back to the land.” – GrubstreetA celebrated young chef hailed by the New York Times as a "fearless explorer," brings time-tested heritage techniques to the modern home kitchen.Executive chef and owner of New York City’s highly acclaimed Ducks Eatery and Harry & Ida’s, Will Horowitz is also an avid forager, fisherman, and naturalist. In Salt Smoke Time, he explores ideas... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062427105
• ASIN: 0062427105
• ISBN: 0062427105
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks

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• ASIN: B01EGW9EOU
• ASIN: B01EGW9EOU

Year-Round Vegetable Production with Eliot Coleman (DVD)

This filmed workshop on year-round vegetable production offers farmers and gardeners the rare chance to sit in with Eliot Coleman, one of the pioneers of the organic farming movement and author of The New Organic Grower, Four-Season Harvest, and The Winter Harvest Handbook.During his careers as commercial market gardener, director of agricultural research projects, developer of tools for organic growers, and teacher and lecturer on organic gardening, Coleman has studied, practiced, and perfected his craft, and while you can bring Coleman's books with you into your garden, there's nothing like ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603582894
• ASIN: 1603582894
• ISBN: 1603582894
• Brand: Timegevity
• Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing

A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens: Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats

Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand the best ways to care for their chickens. Spark enthusiasm with creative activities like chicken forts and a veggie piñata for the flock, and feed more than the imagination with egg-centric dishes like Mexican egg pizza. 

• ASIN: 1612124186
• ASIN: 1612124186
• ISBN: 1612124186
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!

This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you’ll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long.

• ASIN: 1603421386
• UPC: 037038421385
• ASIN: 1603421386
• ISBN: 1603421386
• Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC

The Prairie Homestead Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Heritage Cooking in Any Kitchen

Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table.With a foreword by bestselling author Joel SalatinThe Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all―or even any―of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250190193
• ASIN: 1250190193
• ISBN: 1250190193
• Brand: MPS
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Best. State. Ever. : A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, "What the

• UPC: 55679446
• Rating: 4.1

Hiking Waterfalls in Georgia and South Carolina : A Guide to the States' Best Waterfall Hikes

A beautiful, full-color guidebook to more than 50 of the best waterfall hikes in South Carolina and Georgia. Many of the hikes and waterfalls are located along the border between the two states, within easy

• UPC: 16466800
• Model: 601788

Baby Names 2019 : This Year's Best Baby Names: State to State

Fully updated for 2019, the bestselling original baby names book now has over 8,000 names inside. From each state's most popular names and trends for 2019 to tips about initials, last names and nicknames, Baby

• UPC: 564822281

Homesteading the Plains : Toward a New History

"Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception

• UPC: 55819557
• Rating: 5.0

Moon California Hiking : The Complete Guide to 1,000 of the Best Hikes in the Golden State

Pack a lunch, lace up your boots, and head out to discover the best hiking trails in the Golden State with Moon California Hiking.A Hike for Everyone: Pick the right hike for you, from breathtaking

• UPC: 47873018

Homesteading : Settling America's Heartland

"Originally published in 1998 by Walker & Company, New

• UPC: 27215388

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• UPC: 55772895
• Rating: 4.1

Rockhounding Pennsylvania and New Jersey : A Guide to the States' Best Rockhounding Sites

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals

• UPC: 20664255

Michigan's Best Campgrounds

From May through October, millions of people from throughout the Midwest head north with a tent in the pickup or a trailer in tow to spend a weekend (or even the entire summer) camping in

• UPC: 16498549
• Model: Michigans Best Campgrounds
• Color: MixedOther

Touring Hot Springs Montana and Wyoming : A Guide to the States' Best Hot Springs

"A guide to the state's best hot

• UPC: 21974860