Books

The ultimate resource for beginner and experienced canners alike, The Complete Book of Home Canning is a comprehensive guide to safe and effective canning using the USDA official guidelines. This is a must-have reference you will turn to again and again...

From simple plant supports to a full-featured greenhouse, this book leads you step-by-step through 76 DIY projects to create the backyard of your dreams. Most of the projects are suitable for novices and require just basic tools and easy-to-find...

This hardworking addition to the best-selling Backyard Homestead series offers expert advice on what tasks to do around your farm and when to do them -- no matter where on the planet you call home. Author Ann Larkin Hansen sets the priorities for each...

You've raised the livestock, grown the crops, and now it's time to harvest and make use of the bounty. But how? A big part of successful homesteading is taking the harvest from backyard to kitchen to table. This book guides you step-by-step to creating...

Learn everything you need to know to get started drying fresh fruits, veggies, meats, and herbs and discover recipes for enjoying your dried bounty. Whether you use a dehydrator, your oven or the sun, Marrone will walk you through the basic and...

Your go-to resource for answering that daily question, "What's for dinner?", this book offers recipes for six weeks of nightly, nutrient-dense meals that incorporate farm-fresh ingredients. Containing a delicious balance of protein, fat, and...

In addition to offering recipes for delicious and hearty meals, this book serves up practical advice and inspiration on how to live in harmony with nature. Based on the delicious and hearty meals created by Rita Mae Steger, chef at the Steger Wilderness...

A farm-to-table cookbook and so much more, The Perennial Kitchen provides recipes along with the context of the food's origins. James Beard Award-winning author Beth Dooley delves into the ingredients' healthy beginnings and looks forward to the healthy...

Filled with detailed descriptions and step-by-step instructions, this book offers a wealth of information to help get your kids as excited about your homestead harvest as you are! Not only are there recipes and activities, but there's also background...

Gives bird food recipes, two easy make bird houses, feeder advice, a list of birds telling the feeder food, description, insect preferences, and much more about each species. Includes a variety of ways and ideas to attract birds and even ideas how to...

Written by daughter-father team Jennifer Kujawski and Ron Kujawski, the book uses your last spring frost date as a starting point for determining the timing of various gardening tasks. This makes it applicable for nearly every region of the country --...

In this comprehensive guide, expert author Sherri Brooks Vinton answers the home preserver's most commonly asked questions about every aspect of food preservation, from refrigeration and freezing to canning, drying, and fermenting all kinds of fruits and...

Once a staple in homes across the world, and found along every highland, highway, and hedgerow, the forgotten elderberry is making a comeback. Its popularity as medicine is surging, it's choice as an edible landscaping plant is growing, and its use for...

One of the most popular publications available on the subject of canning, drying, freezing, pickling and cold storage of fruits, vegetables, herbs and meats! Learn every aspect of creating and preserving jams, jellies, soups, relishes, and much more...

Best-selling authors and acclaimed fermentation teachers Christopher Shockey and Kirsten K. Shockey turn their expertise to the world of fermented beverages in the most comprehensive guide to home cidermaking available. The Shockeys' years of experience...

You don't need years of experience to preserve garden-fresh fruits and vegetables. Learn simple step-by-step instructions designed to give you the confidence and know-how to freeze, dry, can, root cellar, and brine from your summer garden. Handpicked for...

Eat from the garden year-round with fresh veggies and homemade preserves. Includes tips on fruit trees and berries and raising your own chickens for fresh eggs. Learn how to: milk a goat, prune a fruit tree, dry herbs, make dandelion wine, bake...

Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow's comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and...

Blending your grandmother's pickling know-how with today's Internet resources, Andrea Chesman shows you how easy it is to fill your pantry with tasty homemade sauerkraut, Salt-Cured Dilly Beans, and Rosemary Onion Confit. Explaining classic techniques in...

Best-selling fermentation authors Kirsten and Christopher Shockey explore a whole new realm of probiotic superfoods with Miso, Tempeh, Natto & Other Tasty Ferments. This in-depth handbook offers accessible, step-by-step techniques for fermenting...