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New for 2008 - my blog -
High Desert Gardening
Rural Life
Hobby Farms Magazine Describes my dream in lovely
color photos, interesting and informative articles.
Even the advertisements are interesting and useful.
A little on the pricey side, but worth it.
(
http://www.hobbyfarmsmagazine.com/hf/ )
Back Yard Poultry I love this magazine.
Mother Earth News Often practical and useful,
but gets a little heavy on the liberal political
views for me. I subscribe off and on.
Countryside Magazine useful, friendly writing style
by regular people
The Owner Built Homestead: A How To Do It Book
by Barbara & Ken Kern
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons
©1977 Ken Kern & Barbara Kern
ISBN 0-684-14922-2 & 0-684-14926-5 pbk
IMHO, this is a Must Have Book. It's out of print, but
sometimes you can find it used.
Reader's Digest book Back to Basics: How to Learn
and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
I like the
older version with the yellow cover as opposed to the
newer version that you can find at the bookstore today.
Carla Emery's
site (not reviewed). I haven't looked at the site,
but her book, The Encyclopedia of Country Living
has all kinds of useful, interesting and entertaining
things in it.
Read anything and everything by Gene Logsdon
.
- Two Acre Eden
Gene Logsdon
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA
© 1980 Gene Logsdon
ISBN 0-87857-290-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 0-87857-308-9 (paperback)
IMHO, a Must Have Book. Originally published nearly
fourty years ago, it is still, or possibly more,
applicable to the modern homesteader.
Homestead.org
Highly recommended. Many good "how to" articles cover
a substantial amount of useful information. Well
organized.
Homesteadinginfo.com Has links to many articles and
also lists of useful books. This appears to be more a
collection of links than the web owners own work. Some
useful stuff here. Worth looking at.
homesteadingtoday.com forum (not reviewed)
Simply Self Sufficiency and msn group (not reviewed)
Simplicity Resource Guide This is a "forum". Although
I did not subscribe, I was able to view the discussion
topics and items. It is not strictly for homesteaders
or gardeners, but does have many topics of interest
to both.
Simple and Sustainable Living (not reviewed)
America's last homesteader (not reviewed)
Mother Earth News: Rural, Urban and Suburban Homesteading
an article by the Mother Earth News magazine
(not reviewed)
A water treatment FAQ (not reviewed)
Flora
Dave's Garden
Far and away the best gardening community
I have found in decades of surfing the web. Nice, Knowledgeable
folks. Extensive plant database with photos. Many forums for
gardening, farming, homesteading, tomato-holics. Also forums
for non-garden, non-ag topics such as crafts, stay at home moms,
and more. (
http://www.davesgarden.com/ )
Organic Gardening I really should subscribe.
Pine Tree Garden (Seeds)
Territorial Seeds
Good prices, good seeds, good customer service.
Totally Tomatoes (Hot & Sweet Peppers, too)
The Garlic Store Excellent,
organic, robust and yummy - stock to grow your own (See some of my
2007 harvest at the bottom of this page.
See the seed stock for 2008 here.)
Sara's Super Herbs
A beautifully executed site with some good information
Stark Bros. This is where I purchased
the dwarf and semi-dwarf trees to start my little orchard.
Fauna
General Livestock
Nasco's On Line Catalog All round Ag supplies.
Chicken stuff, horse stuff, dairy stuff. Lots of stuff.
Chickens
Back Yard Poultry I love this magazine.
McMurray Hatchery Lots of interesting chicken, duck & other poultry stuff here. Send for their free
catalog.
Welp Hatchery
Lots of good info here, too.
Nasco's On Line Catalog All round Ag supplies.
Chicken stuff, horse stuff, dairy stuff. Lots of stuff.
Poultry Supplies (not reviewed)
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
By Gail Damerow
©1995 Gail Damerow
Published by Storey Publishing
ISBN 1-58017-325-X
The best book I've found for the small flock owner
Goats
Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats
By Jerry Belanger
Publisher: Storey Books, North Adams, Mass
©2001 Publishing, LLC
ISBN 1-58017-259-8
I love all the Storey Books
Raising Meat Goats for Profit
By Gail Bowman
Publisher: Bowman Communications Press, Twin Falls, ID
©1999 Bowman Communications, Inc.
ISBN 0-9670381-0-3
An excellent book on raising meat goats.
Hoegger Goat Supply They seem to have everything that
you could possibly need or desire concerning goats.
Caprine Supply
More goaty stuff; good site
Bees
Beemaster's
International Beekeeping Forums(not reviewed)
Beesource Forums(not reviewed)
Other
Amazon.com My favorite bookstore
( http://www.amazon.com )
Iraq Contractor Family SUpport Center A
resource site for friends and family of US Contractors working in Iraq
( http://www.icfsc.com )
Mortgage Loans, Refinance & Real Estate
Visit my Friend, Herb Schmulewicz.
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The Beautiful High Desert
Learning to live with and love the stark, arid Great Basin.
2006 Tomato Adventure
Moving from Zone 9b to Zone 6b proves to be challenging.
Read about the thrills and chills with changing mindsets.
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