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	Horses, Mules, Ponies, and How To Keep Them Practical Hints for Horse-Keepers:This complete guide, originally published in 1859, includes every subject of interest to those who, for pleasure or business, own or use a horse. In a comprehensive and concise manner, Horses, Mules, and Ponies, an
	Country Wisdom & Know-How 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.
	Low-Cost Load-Carrying Devices The design and manufacture of basic transport technologies. Solve the most common transport problems in remote areas - off-road movement of small loads over short distances. Good illustrations of design details and guidelines for making wheelbarrows,
	Build a Pond for Food and Fun Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series.
	Solar Gardening Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive Way. Solar Gardening shows how to increase efforts of the sun during the coldest months of the year and how to protect tender plants from the intensity of the scorching sun during the hottest months.
	Small-Scale Food Processing ?This book is a valuable addition to the relatively limited information available on the subject.? ? International Agricultural Development on the first edition.
	Farm Blacksmithing Practical Hints for Handy-Men. This complete, no-nonsense guide, originally published at the turn of the century, dispenses invaluable instruction on all the essential skills of the blacksmith's craft.
	The Resilient Family Farm Supporting Agricultural Development and Rural Economic Growth. Excellent practical primer.Ideal book for those going into the field for the first time.Clearly written, well illustrated, interdisciplinary, vital.
	The Self-Sustaining Garden The guide to Matrix planting. The Self -Sustaing Garden combines an explanation of the universal principals of matrix planting with case studies and chapters on soil health and biological controls, and shows how to pull all the ingredients together.
	Freshwater Fish Pond Culture & Mgmt Comprehensive guide for planning, constructing, and maintaining a small-scale warm water fish pond.
	The Pesticide Detox Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture. Exposes the massive hidden health and environmental costs of rampant pesticide use.Presents an array of cheaper, safer alternatives to pesticides used by millions of farmers around the world.
	Traditional American Farming Techniques Traditional American Farming Techniques remains as valuable today as when it was first published in 1916.
	Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals First published in 1915, Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals covers everything anyone would ever need to know about feeding farm animals to achieve maximum production of meat, milk, or eggs from livestock and poultry.
	The American Farm Book A Practical Treatise on Every Staple Product of the United States, with the Best Methods of Planting, Cultivating, and Preparation for Market.
	Forest Gardening Forest Gardening is a way of working alongside naturean approach that results in great productivity with minimal maintenance, and a method for transforming even a small cottage garden into a diverse and inviting habit.
	You Can Farm The Entrpreneur's Guide to Start and Succeed in a Farming Enterprise. Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise?
	Gaia’s Garden A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Permaculture is a verbal marriage of permanent and agriculture. Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development.
	Farm Dams Planning, Construction and Maintenance: Provides essential information on all types of earth dams.
	Building Small Barns, Sheds, and Shelters You?ve bought a little piece of land and would like to start farming it on a small scale. Now you need some storage.
	Barns and Outbuildings How to Build Them. First published in 1881, this beautiful volume presents dozens of practical examples of barns and outbuildings, both large and small - complete with illustrations, floor plans, and building instructions.
	Saving Seeds Seed catalogs jam your mailbox each spring. But how?d you like to cut your dependence on them? Gardeners who know how to save seeds are prepared to keep their gardens going indefinitely.
	Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally The authoritative text on edible landscaping, featuring a step-by-step guide to designing a productive environment using vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs for a combination of ornamental and culinary purposes.
	Agri-Culture Reconnecting People, Land and Nature. Something is wrong with our agricultural and food systems. Despite great progress in increasing productivity in the last century, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished.
	Storey’s Basic Country Skills Its a common dream - get a piece of land, build a house, and declare your independence! This book is a great resource to help you literally from the ground up.
	Fertilizers for Free Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series.
	Edible Forest Gardens (2 volume set) Volume I: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture,Volume II: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate Climate Permaculture.
	Small Scale Crayfish Farming for food and profit This useful book--a bare bones, how to manual--explores how to raise crayfish in a small country setting. It is a surprisingly complete (for its size) factual compilation of years of University and industry research as well as individual findings on
	The Permaculture Garden Working entirely in harmony with nature, The Permaculture Garden shows you how to turn a bare plot into a beautiful and productive garden. Learn how to plan your garden for easy access and minimum labor; save time and effort digging and weeding.
	Growing Green Animal-Free Organic Techniques. An essential guide to organic growing, is perfect for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals.
	Four-Season Harvest Organic Vegetables From Your Garden All Year Long. If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you.
	Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving. Authoritative and easy-to-understand, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties is the only guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener, the small-scale farmer or commercial grower.
	Farm Machinery The Operation, Care, and Repair of vintage John Deere inplements and tractors.
	Harris on the Pig Practical Hints for the Pig Farmer. Turn of the century guide to Swine.
	Fences for Pasture and Garden Want to build a fence? Keeping something out, or keeping it in? Or just because one would look so nice? Here?s the book that will help you decide what to use and how to put it up.
	Root Cellaring Root cellars are an old fashioned way of storing your garden?s produce without using any power. Using simple insulation and moderating temperatures by digging into the ground, you can keep root vegetables fresh for months.
	Seed to Seed This complete guide to seed-saving techniques covers 160 different vegetables and includes detailed instructions on how to grow, harvest, dry, clean and store your own seeds!
	Build a Pole Woodshed Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series.
	Hive Management Author: Richard E. BonneyA beekeeper for over 13 years, author Richard E. Bonney owns Charlemont Apiaries in Charlemont, Massachusetts. He has authored two books, Hive Management and Beekeeping.
	World Agriculture Towards 2015/2030: An FAO Study. Comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the prospects for agriculture and food supply throughout the world from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
	Sustainable Agriculture and Food Four volume set. Essential collection of the most important literature covering the full scope and depth of agriculture and food production world-wide. Edited by Jules Pretty, the world?s leading authority on sustainable food and agriculture.
	Insects and Gardens With a sound basis in science and a practical grounding in gardening experience, Grissell introduces the reader to the role of insects in garden ecology.
	Guidelines for Design, Production and Testing of Animal-Drawn Carts Compiled on behalf of the Animal Traction Network for Eastern and South Africa (ATNESA) as a resource book on animal-drawn carts, these guidelines cover all aspects of their design, production and marketing. Full details.
	Agropolis The Social, Political and Environmental Dimensions of Urban Agriculture. First ever collection of findings about the proliferation of urban agriculture written by the world?s leading authority in the field. Urban agriculture feeds hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is a rapidly emerging issue in urban and development studies.
	How to Build Your Own Greenhouse Master Gardener and builder Roger Marshall enthusiastically presents his case for home greenhouses with a thorough examination of everything the potential builder needs to know.
	Outwitting Critters A humane guide for confronting devious animals and winning dealing with "pests" in a compassionate, ecological style.
	Integrated Pest Management for Crops and Pastures The book provides information about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to farmers and also others such as agronomists and students.
	Handy Farm Devices How to Make Them. Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them, a classic from the Golden Age of American Farming, is as useful and pertinent for homesteaders and small-scale farmers today as it was when it was first published more than seventy-five ago.
	Farm Machinery Practical Hints for Handy-men. Honoring the legacy of American mechanical know-how, this classic guide presents the principles of mechanics as well as step-by-step instruction on how to build and repair all types of farm machinery.
	Small Cattle for Small Farms The smaller quieter breeds of lowline cattle have particular appeal as they are more manageable and cheaper to control and maintain.
	Making Rope Making Rope with a Hand Operated Rope MachineBook covers all details on getting started with your new rope making machine. Explores kinds of machines, rope design, rope-making processes. Plenty of detailed instructions and diagrams
	The Basics of Permaculture Design An excellent introduction to the principles of permaculture, design processes, and the tools needed for designing sustainable gardens, farms, and larger communities.
	Practical Projects for the Handy Man Practical Projects for the Handy Man. Over 700 Projects Including a Hammock, Kite, Toaster, Sundial, Lantern, Swimming Pool, Camera, and Much More.
	Farm Motors The complete guide, originally published in 1908 presents the origins and mechanical principals of farm motors.
	The Backyard Berry Book A hands on guide to growing berries, brambles, and vine fruit in your home garden, this book is packed with reliable methods for filling your backyard with mouth watering, bite-sized berries.?
	Four Season Harvest Keep on harvesting after summer?s end! If you love the joys of eating home garden vegetables, but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Coleman shows how North American gardeners can raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables.
	Garden Seed Inventory This is a comprehensive inventory of 274 North American seed catalogs with varietal descriptions and ordering information for 8,500 non-hybrid vegetables. Vegetable gardeners can search everything commercially available to locate varieties perfect for their climate and resistant to local diseases and pests.
	Plans for Non-Electric Vacuum-Sealing Pump These plans give all the information needed to build a non-electric, vacuum-sealing pump to eliminate gases from a variety of jars and buckets.
	How to Make a Forest Garden A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs.
	Roots Demystified Change Your Gardening Habits to Help Roots Thrive. Opens the door to the world beneath your garden?s feet, where healthy plants begin. Simple solutions for growing healthy roots and, thereby, healthier plants.
	Country Wisdom Almanac 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.