Farm
& Self-sufficiency Library
Bhadranga das
Here is a list of books I have now in my
possession or are comming soon:
1 copy of "Making the Best of
Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook"
James Talmage Stevens; Paperback; $15.96 each This is OK for learning
how to store and calculate foods needs. I Read most of it.
1 copy of "The Y2K Personal
Survival Guide : Everything You Need to Know to Get from This Side of the
Crisis to the Other" Michael S. Hyatt; Hardcover;
$19.25 each This is a Y2K book but gives very
good practical advice and a clear picture of what to expect and how to best
prepare. Can be useful for other emergencies as well. I read it all
1 copy of "The Encyclopedia of
Country Living : An Old Fashioned Recipe Book" Carla Emery; Paperback;
$22.36 each A must have full of very down to
earth example and how to advice. Even if the non vegetarian part is taken of
it's worth its money. I Read most of it.
1 copy of "Successful Small-Scale
Farming : An Organic Approach" Karl
Schwenke, Ben Watson (Editor); Paperback;
$11.96 each Nice and inspiring ,I read only
some till now.
1 copy of "The Diary of an Early
American Boy" Eric Sloane;
Paperback;
$6.36 each I read it all inspiring example of
how it was done back then.
1 copy of "The Contrary
Farmer" Gene Logsdon;
Paperback;
$13.56 each I read it all, very
straightforward and inspiring, I felt challenged in my city folk lifestyle.
1 copy of "The Family
Cow" Dirk. Van Loon;
Paperback;
$11.96 each
I only read some of it, till now but would buy it anyway.
1 copy of "Root Cellaring : Natural
Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables" Mike Bubel, et al; Paperback;
$11.96 each I only started to look at it and I would buy it again if needed
1 copy of "Five Acres and
Independence : A Handbook for Small Farm Management" Maurice Grenville Kains, et al;
Paperback;
$6.36 each Good book I only started to read
last week
1 copy of "Foxfire 6" Eliot Wigginton(Editor), Eliot Willington;
Paperback;
$12.76 each Not yet arrived
1 copy of "Square Foot Gardening :
A New Way to Garden in Less Space With Less Work" Mel Bartholomew; Paperback;
$13.56 each
(Usually ships in 24 hours) My wife
swear by it we did our garden following this book in combination with the
following one.
1 copy of "Four-Season Harvest :
How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year
Long" Eliot Coleman, et al;
Paperback;
$15.96 each
A must have for gardeners we read all of it, recommended.
1 copy of "Rodale's All-New
Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening : The Indispensable Resource for Every
Gardener" Barbara W.
Ellis(Contributor), Fern M. Bradley (Editor); Hardcover;
$20.97 each Good reference book did not use it much yet but we
are happy to own it.
1 copy of "Seed to Seed" Suzanne Ashworth, David Cavagnaro
(Photographer); Paperback;
$16.00 each IDEM
1 copy of "Saving Seeds : The
Gardener's Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds" Marc Rogers, et al; Paperback;
$10.36 each IDEM
1
copy of "Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them" Rolfe Cobleigh; Paperback;
$10.36 each Nice lots of ideas I read it all.
1 copy of "Village Technology
Handbook" ; Paperback;
$14.95 each Rare to find very uselfull for a
small community like ours if Y2K strikes
1 copy of "The Humanure Handbook :
A Guide to Composting Human Manure"
Joseph C. Jenkins; Paperback;
$15.20 each Idem I did not read much of it yet
1 copy of "Foxfire 4 : Fiddle
Making, Springouses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening,
and Further Affairs of Plain Living"
Eliot Wiggington(Editor), Eliot Wigginton (Editor); Paperback;
$12.76 each Coming..
1 copy of "Foxfire 5 : Ironmaking,
Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain
Living" Eliot Wigginton(Editor);
Paperback;
$12.76 each
Coming...
1 copy of "The American Red Cross
First Aid and Safety Handbook"
Kathleen Handal M.D., et al; Paperback;
$14.36 each The best there is for lay people
like us. Looks good and understandable
1 copy of "Where There Is No
Dentist" Murray Dickson;
Paperback;
$9.85 each Probably useful if Y2K strikes read
some of it seems OK
1 copy of "Where There Is No Doctor
: A Village Health Care Handbook"
David Werner, et al; Paperback; $17.00 each 1 copy of "Where There
Is No Dentist" Murray Dickson; Paperback;
$9.85
each Idem it is a good book if and when medicare is not available, I read some
of it seems good.
1 copy of "THE GREEN
PHARMACY" James A. Duke, et al;
Hardcover;
$20.97 each Nice I would by it again I read
some of it, 3 other devotees also bought it.
1 copy of "The Independent Home :
Living Well With Power from the Sun, Wind, and Water (A Real Goods Independent
Living Book)" Michael Potts, John
Schaeffer (Designer); Paperback;
$15.96 each Not very useful, mostly
inspirational many ideas. I read a good part (some nice stories)
1 copy of "How to Live Without
Electricity -- And Like It" Anita
Evangelista; Paperback;
$13.95 each Nice challenging ideas and example
on how to live without the power grid. I read it all
1 of "Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs
: Controlling Garden Pests Organically"
Rhonda Massingham Hart
Item
: 0882666649 No idea Coming soon
1 of "Rodale's Complete Garden Problem Solver : Instant Answers to
the Most Common Gardening Questions"
Delilah Smittle(Editor), et al
Item
: 0875967744 Coming soon
1 of "The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease
Control : A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your
Garden & Yard Healthy without"
Barbara W. Ellis(Editor), et al
Item
: 0875967531 Coming soon
1 copy of "The Complete Book of
Herbs" Lesley Bremness;
Paperback;
$15.96 each Coming soon
1 copy of "Rodale's Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Herbs" Claire
Kowalchik(Editor), et al; Paperback;
$14.36 each Coming soon
1 copy of "Back to Basics : How to
Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills" ; Hardcover;
$21.00 each Coming soon
Traditional Woodland crafts by Rahymond Tabor Good book very useful I
recommend it.
How to make a forest garden by Patrick
Whitefield Did not look at it yet.
Food for Free by Richard Mabey Kind of
nice small
Protecting Cows by Syamasundara dasa
)Stuar Coyle. You know it better
Forest Farming by J Sholto Douglas and
Robert A de J Hart No idea did not look at it yet
The lost science of organic cultivation
by S.A. Howard (Krsna das) Made by ISKCON devotee.
The complete book of self sufficiency by
an Irish fellow some old classic nice pictures and good made but too much non
vegetarian for me, still useful.
I feel very happy with my shopping (even
though costed me a small fortune) and problably will get some more books as I
get the time and money.
Thank you again and I'm waiting for your
books if you ever get a chance to write them. Hare krsna
Your servant Bhadranga dasa