Part of the feedback I got from the survey was a suggestion that I share some of the books I find helpful.  This is the listGeneral Homesteading:1. Back to Basics2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide by John Seymore3. From Home To Small Town Homestead: Pursuing Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability No Matter Where You Live by Harold Thornbro4. The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself by Carla Emrey5. The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! Carleen MadiganGardening:1. Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew2. Gardening Without Work by Ruth Stout3. Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway4. New Organic Grower / 5. 4 Season Harvest Eliot ColemanRaising Chickens:1. Chickens: The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers by Harvey UseryCanning:1. Ball Blue Book of Canning2. Ball Complete Book of Home PreservingFermentation:1. The Art of Fermentation by Sandoor KatzBooks on Food:1. Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon2. The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully by Aaron CarrollAutobiography/Biography:1. Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg Michael Perry2. Saving the Guinea Hogs: The Recovery of an American Homestead Breed by Cathy Payne3. Up Tunket Road: The Education of a Modern Homesteader Philip Ackerman-Leist4. LIttle House on the Prairie (Farmer Boy)Books In My Queue:The Ethical Meat Handbook by Meredith LeighPure Charcuterie by Meredith LeighPolyface Micro by Joel SalatinThe Rodale Book of CompostingEnjoy!!BrianBrian@thehomesteadjourney.netWildebeest Publishing: Be Yourself. Run Wild. Take Leaps.Apply for a chance to have your book published for free at wildebeestpubishing.com/podSupport the show