Book Reviews

Homesteading Book Reviews collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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Prepping: Not Just for Preppers, Anymore

Maybe it’s just me, but for a long while, I was leery…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism by Jason G. Strange – A Review

Seen within, and from, a broader perspective, modern homesteaders have much in…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Generous Fruits – A Survey of American Homesteading: A Book Review

Have you ever wondered why, when so much of the homesteading lifestyle…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

The Self-Reliant Homestead by Charles A. Sanders (Book Review)

Charles A. Sanders, author of The Self-Reliant Homestead: A Book of Country…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Ford Model 8N Operator’s Manual

  Perhaps you’re wondering what sort of character would write a book…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Sometimes, a book is so perfect it defies definition. I was given…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

The Real Dirt on Farmer John: A Review

I saw this film on a rainy day in the Bay Area. …

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Mortgage Free! Radical Strategies for Home Ownership By Rob Roy

  If you are embarking on your homesteading experience and faced with…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Making Your Small Farm Profitable By Ron Macher

  Ron Macher is the publisher and editor of Small Farm Today…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Heading Home by Lawrence Scanlan Review

Beginning life anew in a country setting is a dream that many…

Victoria Varga Victoria Varga

The Humanure Handbook – A Guide to Composting Human Manure By Joseph Jenkins

A book about sh*t.  Who’d a thunk it?  And not only that,…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon