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Resources
It's amazing how many homesteading resources are out there - if you can just find them.

The Online Homesteading Resource maintains a much better, more thorough, and more up-to-date list of homesteading links than I could ever hope to, so I won't even try to maintain a comprehensive set of links.  I will list a few of my favorite sites or sites I find particularly interesting. Other than that, you can check my bookmarks and FAQ's for other relevant links. See Recipes for how to make everything from whitewash to bayberry candle wax. Check the Do It Yourself page for plans to construct a masonry stove, a compost tumbler, and more. 

With the help of many, many other people over the years, I have compiled the Homesteader's Booklist. This is a list of nearly 400 titles to date (and more to come!) that may be of use to small farmers, homesteaders, and owner/builders. 

Note on out of print titles.  Try a book search on The Advanced Book Exchange. They have over 4000 seconhand booksellers in their database, and they also provide a very useful Want List utility so that you may enter a title or author you are looking for into a database and it will automatically search all of the ABE affiliate shops whenever the inventory database is updated, generally at least once a day. I have no affiliation with The Advanced Book Exchange whatsoever, but I am a very satisfied client of several years.

Before you buy.  Get a copy of the book you are interested in via interlibrary loan through your library - I would recommend doing this before you buy any book, new or used, if at all possible. Not everyone finds a given title useful or interesting. Please keep that in mind when perusing the Homesteader's Book List - it is a a list compiled from many, many sources, and not everyone will agree on the usefulness of every title.

Please also check out the Finding Out More and Homestead Info pages for more links and advice if you have not already done so.

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Last Updated: November 12, 2000

These pages are all about small farms, rural living, cottage farming, homesteading, building barns, sheds, a masonry stove, poultry processing, livestock, raising your own food, being self-sufficient, alternative farming practices, organic gardening, composting, aquaculture, and other types of alternative agriculture.  The Unofficial, Totally Unauthorized, but Very Very Enthusiastic Gene Logsdon Fan Club Home Page is part of this site as well.


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