Gail Damerow

Gail Luttmann

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

A Beginner's Guide

Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food. As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining sytle, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and raising chickens for show. Througout Chickens In Your Backyard, the Luttmanns express their wonder at the personalities of chickens--the role of brash protector played by roosters, and the instinctive motherliness of the hens. Given some freedom and attention, these birds can become much more than the egg-and-meat machines of commercial hatcheries and broiler factories. Chickens provide backyard farmers with enjoyable pastime, as well as a supply of good food.

Chickens in Your Backyard

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Laurel Randolph

Florida

Easy Recipes for Fast and Healthy Meals

With [this book], you'll explore an inspiring variety of healthy, easy-to-make pressure cooker recipes-- from savory breakfasts to hearty stews to decadent desserts, and more. Packed with nutritious, family-friendly pressure cooker recipes-- plus vegetarian, gluten-free, and Paleo-friendly options-- [this book] is your go-to guide for fuss-free, all-in-one cooking.

The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook

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Kirby Larson

This Newbery Honor winning, New York Times bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier.

For most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she summons the courage to leave Iowa and move all by herself to Vida, Montana, to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim.
 
Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Her quest to make a home is championed by new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German husband, and their children. For the first time in her life, Hattie feels part of a family, finding the strength to stand up against Traft Martin's schemes to buy her out and against increasing pressure to be a "loyal" American at a time when anything--or anyone--German is suspect. Despite daily trials, Hattie continues to work her uncle's claim until an unforeseen tragedy causes her to search her soul for the real meaning of home.
 
This young pioneer's story is lovingly stitched together from Kirby Larson's own family history and the sights, sounds, and scents of homesteading life. 

AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK
A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE
NAMED TO 13 STATE AWARD LISTS

"A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home." --Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman

Hattie Big Sky

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T. Christopher

Marty Asher

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana

The Garden of Your Dreams Without Giving up Your Life, Your Job, or Your Sanity

Discusses low-maintenance organic gardening techniques, including which plants to choose, designing the garden, and how to get rid of pests, all in 20 minutes a day

The 20-Minute Gardener

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Texas

Sustainable Homesteading

Mother Earth News Magazine - April/May 2023

Bottom Line Editors

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Uncommon Cures for Everyday Ailments

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Rosemary Verey

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Countrywoman's Year

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Outlet Book Company Staff

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Ultimate Lifestyle Compendium - Cooking, Design, and Gardening

American Country Living

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Kim Schaye

Christopher Losee

Vermont

How One Urban Couple Grew a Business, a Family, and a New Way of Life from the Ground Up

Chris and Kim's tale, told from the alternating viewpoints of a husband and wife who left behind the grind of their big city life to build what became a thriving flower farm.

Stronger Than Dirt

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Rated a very impressive 4.2 out of 5 on Goodreads

Maryland

Letters on an Elk Hunt by a Woman Homesteader

Minnesota

Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper. Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a "Loyal" American, forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover the true meaning of home.

This is an ex-library book, not the best condition but still very readable. #homesteading #autobiography #memoir #helenandscottnearing #selfsufficiency #grief

Washington

Loving and Leaving the Good Life" is Nearings testimonial to 53 years of marriage to her husband--who died at age 100--and the principles the couple stood for: self-sufficiency, generosity, social justice, and peace.

Loving and Leaving the Good Life

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Lisa Steele

Louisiana

Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens... Naturally

More than ever, Americans care about the quality and safety of the food they eat. They're bringing back an American tradition: raising their own backyard chickens for eggs and companionship. And they care about the quality of life of their chickens.

Fresh Eggs Daily is an authoritative, accessible guide to coops, nesting boxes, runs, feed, and natural health care - with time-tested remedies from a fifth generation chicken keeper who has more than a decade of experience under her belt following her own simple and practical advice.

Lisa Steele promotes the benefits of keeping chickens happy and well-occupied, and in optimal health, free of chemicals and antibiotics. She emphasizes the therapeutic value of herbs, edible flowers and natural supplements to maintaining a healthy environment for your backyard flock. Her tips and advice will benefit the first-time chicken keeper and seasoned veteran alike.

This is one of those "especially for now" kinds of books, when food security is appearing on our to-do lists.

Fresh Eggs Daily

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Colorado

Elinore P. Stewart

Mary Jerrine Wire

Oregon

In a rich blend of memoir and meditation, Abbott focuses her graceful and witty attention on mothers and daughters of the South. Theirs is a world of red dirt and backbreaking chores and roof-raising revival meetings - a far cry from the magnolias and mint juleps of Gone with the Wind. "The South of the backwoods, hillbilly plain folk has at last found its true and inspired interpreter," says C. Vann Woodward.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader

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Beautiful copy...like new except Idont use that category unless i just purchasedit new only to find out i have another copy...if I didn't have the entire set in paperback,  I'd hang on to this one. 

Dust jacket

Pioneer family

Kentucky

Homestead 

Strangers and Pilgrims 

Some wear present but overall good condition. 

How to Take Your Herbs & Produce to Market for Serious Cash

Sell What You Grow

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Some sticker reside on the back cover, but otherwise in good used condition. 

The Meandering Mushroomer

Margaret Leibenstein

Good used condition with some wear present and a small spot of adhesive sticker residue on back cover. 

A Gourmet Cook’s Guide

The Edible Mushroom

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Jenna Woginrich

Ohio

My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, and a Fine Fiddle

A popular blogger and homesteader shares the joys, sorrows, trials, tribulations and blessings she experienced during a year spent farming on her own land, during which she found deep fulfillment in the practical tasks and timeless rituals of agricultural life.

One-Woman Farm

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Rink Mann

Daniel Wolf

A Complete How-To Guide

This little book swept maple sugarin' buffs off their feet when it first appeared and is still the top-selling guide to the craft after nearly 30 years in print. Like the previous editions, this one tells you how you can make maple syrup right in your own backyard without having to build a sap house or buy buckets, holding tanks, evaporators and other expensive paraphernalia. Provides detailed "how-to" information, and makes some new and noteworthy revelations-including tips sugarers across the country have shared with the author.

Backyard Sugarin'

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Edward C. Smith

John Storey

Pennsylvania

Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions

Discover the last W.O.R.D. in vegetable gardening with Ed Smith's amazing gardening system. By integrating four principles -- Wide beds, Organic methods, Raised beds, and Deep beds -- Smith reinvents vegetable gardening, making it possible for everyone to have the best, most successful garden ever. By following this complete system you cultivate deep, powerful soil that nourishes plants and discourages pests and disease. The result is fewer weeds, healthier plants, and lots of great-tasting vegetables. Plus, you'll enjoy gardening as you never have before. The Vegetable Gardener's Bible -- the last W.O.R.D. in vegetable gardening.


Praise for the book:
"this book will answer all your questions as well as put you on the path to an abundant harvest. As a bonus, anecdotes and stories make this informative book fun to read." - New York Newsday

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible

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Gary Smalley

John T. Trent

Vintage 1991 hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition from a smoke-free and pet free home.￼

Timeless Prescriptions for Today's Family

Discusses the foundation of loving relationships, and suggests solutions to common family and parenting problems

Home Remedies - Vintage 1991

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