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Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book
by: Paul Tawrell
This book was written to help you aquire skills to enjoy the outdoors.
It tells you how to travel, set up camp, understand your environment,
and what to do in an emergency. Some topics covered: getting lost, summer
hiking, emergency kits, winter travel, avalanches, survival shelter, caves,
igloo, cooking, finding water, hunting & trapping, fishing, building a
canoe, compass & maps, weather & clouds, signals, ropes & knots, animals
& tracks, trees, poisonous mushrooms, edible plants, first aid, and much
more. Packed with B/W photos, illustrations and drawings on every page.
350 pgs.
c. 1996...1st Ed...S/C...$24.95
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Cloudburst: A Handbook Of Rural Skills &
Technology
Edited
How to build a: Personal dome, compost shredder, chicken house, treadle
lathe, waterwheel, juice press, root cellar, and sauna. How to: plant by
the moon, prepare for frost, smoke fish, make cheese, split shakes, and
much more. Illustrations. 128 pgs.
c. 1977, Rev Ed, S/C...$22.50
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Complete Book Of Self-Sufficiency
by: Seymour, John
How to: plough a field, sow wheat, plant corn, make hay, rotate crops, harness
a horse, milk a cow, slaughter an ox, shear a sheep, pluck a chicken, cure
a ham, brew beer, make wine, bake bread, churn butter, press cheese, prune
trees, can fruit, keep bees, track game, set a snare, bait a hook, skin
a rabbit, tan a hide, sink a well, build a barn, split wood, weave a basket,
thatch a roof, construct an oven, generate light, harness the wind, collect
the rain, trap the sun, turn the soil, follow the seasons, respect the land,
reap the harvest, waste nothing, stay healthy, and much more! Packed with
illustrations. 256 pgs.
c. 1977, H/C...$42.50
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Complete Plans For Building Horse Barns Big & Small
by: Ambrosiano, Nancy
The detail of 18 actual barns are examined, ranging in complexity from
the simplest sun shed to an eight horse barn with a spacious home overhead.
The practical advice includes detailed drawings, material lists, advice
on environmental and zoning concerns, planning site location, and preparation.
B/W photos & illustrations. 247 pages.
c. 1997...2nd Ed...$39.95
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Country Living: The Homesteader's Bible
by: Self, Charles R.
This book contains: how to look for best land; how to on building a county
home and inspecting old homes; How to do: plumbing, heating, wiring, fences
and gates; the tools and vehicles for the homestead; how to raise livestock;
how to grow vegetables and herbs; raising fruit trees; and how to keep
food. 511 pages.
c. 1981, H/C...$25.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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Country Wisdom Almanac: 373 Tips, Crafts, Home Improvements, Recipes,
& Homemade Remedies
Edited
A follow-up to Black Dog's bestselling Country Wisdom and Know-How, the
Country Wisdom Almanac provides hundreds of ideas and methods for living
the good and simple life, plus information on weather, gardening, buying
produce and cooking by season, holidays, frost dates, moon phases, and
more. Divided into the four seasons and then organized into 373 individual
tips, the Country Wisdom Almanac presents a wide variety of ways to live
a simpler, more self-sustained life year round. Each season offers home-improvement
ideas (wallpaper a room in the Fall or build a stone wall in the Spring),
crafts (create gorgeous homemade decorations for Christmas, Halloween,
or the Fourth of July), recipes (use seasonal produce to create fresh,
healthy meals), gardening advice (what and when to plant in order to get
the maximum results from your land), and more. Also included is year-round
advice on caring for pets, creating your own health and beauty remedies,
canning and preserving food, and more. Each season opens with a list of
holidays and a guide to in-season produce. Appendices cover average weather
by city and month, frost dates, and moon phases. Illustrated. 316 pgs.
c. 2008, S/C...$12.95
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Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live
Off the Land
by: The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards
Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog,
Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information
on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living.
Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of
"Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and
reliable volume of its kind. Organized by general topic including animals,
cooking, crafts, gardening, health and well-being, and home, it is further
broken down to cover dozens of specifics from "Building Chicken Coops"
to "Making Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt" to "Improving Your
Soil" to "Restoring Hardwood Floors."1,887 illustrations,
diagrams & B/W photographs run throughoutand fascinating projects
and trusted advice crowd every page. 480 pgs.
c. 2004, S/C, Oversize...$19.95
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Design For A Limited Planet - Living with Natural Energy
by: Skurka, Norma & Naar, Jon
An up-to-date look at alternative energy houses and the many ways to live
a cleaner, more natural life. B/W photos illustrations & plans. 215 pgs.
c. 1976, S/C...$15.00
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Discovering Dowsing & Divining
by: Naylor, Peter
Book sets out to prove that anyone can dowse and dispells common myths.
40 pgs.
c. 1980, S/C...$10.00
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Donkeys For Traction & Tillage
by: Oudman, Luurt
The steady speed of a donkey's walk is what makes it so popular as a pack
animal or for pulling small carts. When properly harnessed and hitched,
it is also fairly fast at ploughing. The intelligence of a donkey is often
underestimated. A donkey is easy to manage once the animal knows what
to do and recognises the appropriate verbal commands. When a donkey refuses
to work. it is almost always because the work is impossible for the animal
not because it is "stubbom". Donkeys are an undervalued power
source in a large part of the world. Their potential to work is very high
and their contribution to any household or even national economy
is considerable. This Agrodok offers insight into the possibilities of
donkey use, based on experiences with working donkeys around the globe.
It is aimed at farmers, agricultural technicians and extension officers.
for rural artisans and for people engaged in rural and town transport
with donkeys. The information provided is meant to assist them in tapping
the work potential of the donkey in a manner that is humane for the animal.
Drawings. 84 pgs.
Booklet...$19.95
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Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance,
and Restoration
by: Matson, Tim
What else but a pond can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure,
offer recreational opportunities, help the environment by providing wildlife
habitat, & increase the value of your land? Tim Matson's classic guide
Earth Ponds, first published in 1982, remains the standard reference for
pond owners and builders. Here is everything you need to know to plan,
dig, sculpt, maintain, & enjoy your pond, & how to to keep it
healthy for years. It presents hundreds of additional tips, techniques,
and resources, including how to plan a pond to attract wildlife; where
to buy equipment & materials; how to build rafts, docks, and gazebos,
& how to deal with common problems like weeds, algae, & crayfish.
B/W photos & illustrations. 150 pgs.
c. 1991, 2nd Ed, Rev, S/C...$18.00
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Encyclopedia Of Country Living, Updated 9th Edition
by: Emery, Carla
An old fashioned recipie book for information, wisdom & practical advice.
Includes how to choose & buy land, cultivate a garden, bake bread, raise
farm animals, make suasage, can peaches, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn
butter, build a chicken coop, catch a pig, cook on a wood stove, deliver
a baby alone, prune a tree, treat bites & stings, and much, much more.
This updated edition also includes more than 1500 mail-order sources,
websites & email addresses. 885 pgs.
c.2003...S/C, Updated 9th Ed...$29.95
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Equipping Your Horse Farm: Tractors, Trailers,
Trucks & More
by: Hill, Cherry & Klimesh, Richard
An in-depth look at every aspect of selecting, maintaining, and using tractors
and horse trailers. Accompanied by photos & illustrations, the authors
guide you through an evaluation of the options available in tractors, from
horsepower & transmission to tires & appearance. A checklist is
included detailing what to look for if buying a used tractor. You will learn
the kind of trucks and hookups required for towing various capacity trailers.
Discussed are: floorplans, loading entry, suspension, and accomodations
for horses and owners. Also included is information on smaller farm implements:
loaders, spreaders, harrows, mowers, hay balers, wagons and more. B/W photos
& illustrations. 181 pgs.
c. 2006, S/C...$19.95
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Family Friendly Farming: A Multigenerational
Home-Based Business Testament
by: Salatin, Joel
A hands-on, profoundly thoughtful proposal for solving the crisis in farm
families whereby the parents retire and the children want no part of farming.
Detailed description of the multi-generational model the Salatin family
has developed. 402 pgs.
c. 2001, S/C...$35.00
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Farm & Smallholder Fencing (Gold Cockerel Series)
by: Roberts, Michael
A practical guide to permanent and electric livestock fencing on the farm
and smallholding. Chapters on: tools, materials, gamenet, planning, clearing
& preparation, problems, posts, stakes, attaching wire to posts, high
tensil fencing, gates, electric fencing, types of fencing for different
species, stiles, general maintenance, and tips. Color photos & line drawings.
128 pgs.
c. 2004, S/C...$19.95
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Farm Management
by: Mason, John
A thorough guide to designing and operating an agricultural or livestock
farm. Includes explantations of the different types of farm management,
production systems, and livestock systems. Complete with photos and numerous
charts and tables, "Farm Management" will aid the potential
farmer in getting the most out of crops and livestock. 160 pgs.
c.1996...H/C...$24.95
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Farm Power & Machinery Management
by: Hunt, Donnell
An excellent text and reference on selection, operation, maintenance,
and replacements of tractors and farm machinery used in agricultural field
production. Equipment dealers and manufacturers, farm lenders and managers,
landlords and farmers, farm operators and students will find this book
useful in the selection, operation, maintenance, and replacement of tractors
and other farm machinery. In addition, the management principles will
be useful to students preparing for careers in agricultural education,
mechanization, business, or engineering. Lots of B/W photos, illustrations,
charts, and graphs. 368 pgs.
c. 2001, S/C, 10th Ed...$59.99
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Farm Tractors In Colour
by: Williams, Michael
Pictorial history of farm tractors
c. 1974, H/C...$37.50
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Farming From The Road
by: Whitlock, Ralph
The author attempts to define all that is to be seen in & around a farm.
c. 1967, H/C...$25.00
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Farming With The Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms & Ranches
by: Imhoff, Daniel
The new conservation-based agriculture movement is presented through inspiring
profiles of farms and ranches across the country where healthful crops
and healthy ecosystems are prospering. It offers a view of a future in
which farming & ranching operations are integrated into regional networks
of protected wetlands. Illustrated with over 200 color photos. 182 pgs.
c. 2003, S/C...$29.95
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Feasting Free On Wild Edibles
by: Angier, Bradford
Guide to finding, knowing, and fixing 337 delicasies growing wild in backyards,
fencepost corners, open fields, mesas, or by the lakeshore, lake or stream.
With more than 500 superlatively nutritious ways to prepare them. Line
drawings. 313 pgs.
c. 1969, H/C...$17.50
Used, Good Condition, Out-Of-Print, Quantities
Limited
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Fence Bible
by: Beneke, Jeff
How to plan, install, and build fences and gates to meet every home style
and property need, no matter what size your yard. Includes: classic wooden
pickets, rustic wood styles, bamboo fencing, stone walls, brick and concrete,
ornamental wrought iron, chain-link, mesh, barbed wire, practical rail
styles for enclosing snimals, hedges, trees, ornamental grasses, gates,
gateposts, and much more. Loaded with illustrations and Color photos.
261 pgs.
c. 2005, S/C...$24.95
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Fences For Pasture & Garden
by: Damerow, Gail
Planning your fence, all about posts, laying the founadtion, setting posts,
fence wire, wire fences, selecting & installing an energizer, electric
fences, temporary fences, woven fences, rail fences, gates. Lots of B/W
illustrations and drawings. 154 pgs.
c. 1992...S/C...$16.95
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Fieldcraft & Farmyard
by: Porter, Valerie
Written by someone who has been practising 'green' farming methods most
of her life, this is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to farming
the traditional way. Val Porter describes the basic techniques of making
a pic of land productive". Includes; soil improvement, grassland
management, building boundaries, housing livestock, crop planting and
management, haymaking and basic machinery. B/W photographs, illustrations.
159 pgs.
c.1992...S/C...$14.95
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Five Acres & Independence: A Handbook For Small Farm Management
by: Kains, M.G.
Improving soil, planting, septic tanks, cellars, greenhouses, specific
crops & deciding what is best for your land, suggestions of animals for
the small-scale farmer, marketing produce, and investing in improvements.
395 pgs.
c. 1973, S/C...$15.00
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Folk & Modern Medicine
by: James, Don
A complete guide to the methods, treatments & cures in folk and modern
medicine.
c. 1961, P/B...$7.95
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Gardener's D.I.Y. (Gold Cockerel Series)
by: Roberts, Michael
22 Projects in wood for the home gardener such as: leaf grab, tomato box,
cold frame, bird table, green house, trellis, planters, troughs, bird
nest box, hose reel, and more. B/W photos & blueprints. 84 pgs.
c. 2000, S/C...$19.95
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Gates & Stiles (Gold Cockerel Series)
by: Roberts, Michael
The history and design of British gates & stiles. Filled with color photos.
152 pgs.
c. 2001, S/C...$19.95
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Granny's Recipies, Remedies & Helpful Hints
by: Cross, Jean
Learn simple inexpensive ways to: catch edible fish, mix up cake mixtures,
formulas for glues & pastes, sooth burns & cuts, cure bad breath, keep
& store food longer, homemade cleansers for polishing brass & silver &
copper & even your car, remedies for farm animals. Includes tables for
weights & measures. 416 pgs.
c.1980, H/C...$7.99
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Grass Roots: Craft & Self-Sufficiency Magazine
Edited
Published in Australia, Grass Roots, "For Down To Earth People",
is produced for those who wish to regain control over their lifestyle
by exploring the alternatives to modern mass consumption. A partial list
of the contents: Goose, goose, gander; Owner builders; Fitzroy fun factory;
A hand woven shirt; Sunrise farm; Cooking with dried foods; Seed barter
mart; Broad beans; Low energy housing part 2; Splicing; The house cow;
The savories; Natural remedies for colds; and many more. Illustrations
& B/W photos. 58 pgs.
c. 1977, No.11, Magazine...$17.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good
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Grass Roots: Craft & Self-Sufficiency Magazine
Edited
Published in Australia, Grass Roots, "For Down To Earth People",
is produced for those who wish to regain control over their lifestyle
by exploring the alternatives to modern mass consumption. A partial list
of the contents: Tipis touch the earth; Keeping a pig; Lifting with bocks
& pulleys; Nuts & seeds; Recycling a dairy; Raw fleece rugs; Hair
care; Home brewing; Ducks; Boomerangs; Feedback on hens; Pumps; Stinging
nettle; Making Tapers; and many more. Illustrations & B/W photos.
58 pgs.
c. Spring 1977, No. 12, Magazine...$17.50
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Condition: Very Good
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Grass Roots: Craft & Self-Sufficiency Magazine
Edited
Published in Australia, Grass Roots, "For Down To Earth People",
is produced for those who wish to regain control over their lifestyle
by exploring the alternatives to modern mass consumption. A partial list
of the contents: Permaculture; Water wisdom; Preserving olives; Music
nights; Soapmaking; How to dye laughing; Simple queen rearing; Indoor
greens; Earthworms; Simple solid fuel kilns; King Island Kelp; Herbal
teas; Cashmere goats; and many more. Illustrations & B/W photos. 58
pgs.
c. Summer 1977, No. 13, Magazine...$17.50
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Condition: Very Good
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Grass Roots: Craft & Self-Sufficiency Magazine
Edited
Published in Australia, Grass Roots, "For Down To Earth People",
is produced for those who wish to regain control over their lifestyle
by exploring the alternatives to modern mass consumption. A partial list
of the contents: Windmills; Make a sock ball; Soapmaking; Birds in the
garden; Permaculture; Three railed fences; Shovel, horse or tractor?;
Musical instruments for kids; The gentle art of applique; Wintering Bees;
Button-making; Herbal Teas;; and more. Illustrations & B/W photos.
58 pgs.
c. Autumn 1978, No. 14, Magazine...$17.50
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Condition: Very Good
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Grass Roots: Craft & Self-Sufficiency Magazine
Edited
Published in Australia, Grass Roots, "For Down To Earth People",
is produced for those who wish to regain control over their lifestyle
by exploring the alternatives to modern mass consumption. A partial list
of the contents: Working with glass; Saving on clothes; Farming organically;
Roasted dandelion roots; New ideas on cancer treatment & prevention;
Goat breeds & conformation; A forest in peril; Care of sick, injured
& orphaned native birds & animals; Society for growing Australian
plants; How to pin a walwa; Make your beer at home; More on soap; Feeding
your feathered friends; Down home on the farm; Tractor safety; Towards
self-sufficiency - city style; Processing honey; Herbal teas; and many
more. Illustrations & B/W photos. 66 pgs. Winter 1978, No. 15, Magazine...$17.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good
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Grass Roots: Craft & Self-Sufficiency Magazine
Edited
Published in Australia, Grass Roots, "For Down To Earth People",
is produced for those who wish to regain control over their lifestyle
by exploring the alternatives to modern mass consumption. A partial list
of the contents: Building - one woman's way; Aromatherapy; Sheep's milk;
A useful fodder tree; Manure mania; Flea allergy in the dog; An easy woven
poncho; Air ions & human health; Installing a combustion cooker; Purbred
poultry breeding part 2; Just a cackle; Care of lead/acid batteries; Winter
bee management; Natural Goat care; Simple felting; Homemade soap; Poetry;
Custard; Greenhouse managment part 5; Concrete placing, compaction &
curing on the farm; Encounters with tanks; Pruning; Crop rotation; and
many more. Illustrations & B/W photos. 90 pgs.
c. April 1988, No. 66, Magazine...$17.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good
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Guidebook To Amish Communities & Business Directroy
by: Garrett, O.A.
Complete list & short history of each settlement, stories, shops, restraurants.
c.1996...S/C...$14.95
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Guidelines For Design, Production & Testing Of Animal-Drawn Carts
by: Dennis, R.A.
Features of good cart design, cart construction, capacity, dimensions,
2 & 4 whell carts, steel base frame, wooden base frame, design of hinged
tailgate, brake design, whell & axel assembly, comparison & selection
of cart designs. B/W photos & illustrations. 187 pgs.
c. 1996, S/C...$31.95
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