I am looking for recommendations on the best books for country living, self-sufficiency or homestead books. I have read a few over the last couple of years but I know some have a better collection of information over others.

Which is your favorite?

 mother earth news magazine and cindy likes her book the readers digest of back to basic its on amazon.com cindy had her book for 20 years taught her to cann and to garden and her favorite solar.

Not exactly books .. I like the Urban Farms and Hobby Farms magazines.  Both of them have stories on their web sites, too. Also check out Countryside magazine's web site for stories.

I second the Mother Earth magazine and their website and also second the Back to Basics book.  Also I frequent this website: http://www.countrysidemag.com/library.html

 

LWolfT:

Not exactly books .. I like the Urban Farms and Hobby Farms magazines.  Both of them have stories on their web sites, too. Also check out Countryside magazine's web site for stories.

I have also found good info int he Hobby Farms magazine, and in Countryside.

 

Country Living, by the late Carla Emery.  Any one of the books published by Backwoods Home, including the magazine. 

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second the Mother Earth magazine and their website

I check out their website. What I would like to have is a small library of information that does not take up a lot of storage room but can be accessed even without internet or power.

I have a few books now but most have a little in this one, a little in that one. I want to add a few more that may cover more in one volume.

I second the suggestion of The Encyclopedia of Country Living, by Carla Emery. That sucker is the self-sufficiency bible.

As another poster mentioned "Mother Earth News" is an excellent magazine. They just came out with a sister magazine "Mother Earth Living." Also the website Joybille Farm lists free ebooks every day available at Amazon. If you have an IPad there is a Kindle app on it that which will allow you to read it... There is a book that goes over quite a lot called "Country Living" too. Have fun!

 back woods blog I look at and mother earth news magazine new pioneer mag. back to basic from readers digest printting and pioneer woman and my back wood hill billies they got a great magazine.