Rainwater Harvesting, Vol 1 by Brad Lancaster
Eight Principles of Rainwater Harvesting Begin with long and thoughtful observation: Notice what’s working and what’s not.Start at the top of your watershed and work your way down: Collect water…
Permaculture by Sepp Holzer
The Big Idea: Learn how nature works. Then work with nature, instead of against it, to practice sustainable agriculture. Ch 1: Landscape Design Permaculture landscape design is about restoring a…
The Resilient Farm and Homestead
The Big Idea: An efficient, eco-friendly homestead takes good planning and years of work to become stable and self-sufficient. Modern, industrial agriculture is incompatible with a rapidly growing population and…
How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons
The Big Idea: Grow Biointensive (a variant of organic farming) produces more food per square foot while also building soil, using less water, using less fertilizer, and requiring less fossil…
Permaculture for the Rest of Us by Jenni Blackmore
The Big Idea: With creativity and persistence, you can live well on a small homestead, even if the climate is difficult and the soil is subpar. Every homestead will be…
Folks, This Ain’t Normal by Joel Salatin
The Big Idea: Today's level of overconsumption and resource-depletion is unsustainable. Ch. 1: Children, Chores, Humility, and Health Historically, children had chores and responsibilities that taught them how to be…
Aquaponic Gardening by Sylvia Bernstein
The Big Idea: Aquaponic gardening is a symbiotic, permaculture-friendly version of gardening in which fish supply nutrients to plants, which then remove all fish waste from the water. Aquaculture dates…
Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
As a beginner, gardening can be quite overwhelming, but learning from experience is key. Last year, I jumped right into creating a square root, raised bed vegetable garden without much…