Comments on: Books For City Folk Moving to a Farm: Sustainable Living Guides

By: 29 Features Off The Grid Homebuilders Should Consider

29 Features Off The Grid Homebuilders Should Consider — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:01:46 +0000

[...] More books for off grid living… [...]

By: Farmer John

Farmer John — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:23:05 +0000

Yes, I too highly recommend Suzanne Ashworth’s Seed to Seed. It is invaluable for anyone wanting to learn to save seed. Have to watch this movie on Farmer John…LOL! Cheers!

By: Kelley

Kelley — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:04:33 +0000

Another great book is Seed to Seed by Susan Ashworth- re: saving heirloom veggie seeds. AND…The Encyclopedia of Country Living – A GREAT Source for EVERYTHING! A real homesteaders BIBLE.

Also check out my site for a one stop shop for ALL your Heirloom Garden Seeds! Backyard Heirloom Seeds & Herbs

Happy Gardening!

By: Two Very Different Stone Home Building Guides

Two Very Different Stone Home Building Guides — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:21:06 +0000

[...] that I had already read about in more general books like the Solar Living Sourcebook and many other books on off-grid and sustainable living. I ordered this book because I was ready to jump into slipform stone building, not composting [...]

By: Five Acres and Independence Book Review

Five Acres and Independence Book Review — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:08:55 +0000

[...] The main reason I would not recommend Five Acres and Independence to the person interested in learning about small farm management and living an off-grid or self-sustaining life is because most, if not all, of the information I found within the book (between bouts of dozing off) can be found in much more modern – and enjoyable – books like: – Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach – Mini Farming for Self Sufficiency – Storey’s Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance – The Solar Living Sourcebook – The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It – And many others… [...]