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Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs Staff Pick Proof that good things come in small packages, Make Your Place packs a wealth of DIY know-how into a pocket-sized paperback. Hand-written and illustrated by Raleigh Briggs, this compendium of tutorials for non-toxic cleaning, natural body care, and... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible: How to Grow a Bounty of Food in Pots, Tubs, and Other Containers by Edward C Smith Publisher Comments Plentiful, Organic Vegetables from Small Spaces Put your garden containers to work this summer. On the deck, in the garden, or even on a sunny balcony, you can grow luscious tomatoes, gorgeous artichokes, juicy strawberries, and so much more. Ed Smith... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herb (Back to Basics Guides) by Abigail R Gehring Publisher Comments With the rapid depletion of our planet's natural resources, we would all like to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. But in the midst of an economic crisis, it's just as important to save money as it is to go green. As Gehring shows in this thorough... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery Publisher Comments The bible of sustainable living, food gardening, and living green, no home is complete without this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia! For more than thirty years, people have relied on the thousands of recipes, detailed how-to instructions, and personal advice... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Making It by Kelly Coyne Publisher Comments If you have ever wondered how to grow vegetables in an apartment, build a chicken coop, homebrew beer, or make your own soap from scratchthis book is for you. The essential guide to becoming a producer instead of a consumer, Making It is full of... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities by Will Allen Publisher Comments A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed—and heal—broken communities. The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Back to Basics Handbook: A Guide to Buying and Working Land, Raising Livestock, Enjoying Your Harvest, Household Skills and Crafts, and More (Back to Basics Guides) by Abigail R Gehring Publisher Comments Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. With hundreds of projects, step-by-step... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living by Rachel Kaplan Publisher Comments The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect "back-to-the-land" guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact on the environment. Full of practical information, as well as inspiring... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just 1/4 Acre! by Carleen Madigan Publisher Comments Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times by Carol Deppe Publisher Comments Winner of About.com's Reader's Choice Award: Best Garden Book Since 2010Selected by Amazon.com as one of the Top 10 Books of 2010 in the Home and Gardening Category!CREATIVE, PRODUCTIVE GARDENING FOR GOOD TIMES AND BAD.In an age of erratic weather and... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life by Julia Rothman Publisher Comments Bantams and Buckwheat, Hackles and HarrowsTalk the talk of the country with Julia Rothman's entertaining and informative visual tour of life on the farm. Her drawings, diagrams, step-by-step sequences, and dissections reveal everything from the parts of... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homegrown & Handmade: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living by Deborah Niemann Publisher Comments Our food system is dominated by industrial agriculture and has become economically and environmentally unsustainable. The incidence of diet-related diseases, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease, has skyrocketed to... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!"... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Essential Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal Publisher Comments The andquot;how-toandquot; guide for a new generation of farmers from the author of Farm City and a leading urban garden educator. In this indispensable guide, Farm City author Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal share their experience as successful... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Homegrown Whole Grains: Grow, Harvest, and Cook Your Own Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rice, and More by Sara Pitzer Publisher Comments A backyard field of grains? Yes, absolutely! Wheat and corn are rapidly replacing grass in the yards of dedicated locavores across the country. For adventurous homeowners who want to get in on the movement, Homegrown Whole Grains is the place to begin... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Your Farm in the City: An Urban-Dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals by Lisa Taylor Publisher Comments The most complete book on urban farming, covering everything from growing organic produce and raising chickens, to running a small farm on a city lot or in a suburban backyard. Eating locally and growing one's own food is a rapidly evolving movement in... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More by Abigail R. Gehring Publisher Comments Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It's... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live off the Land by Kurt Timmermeister Staff Pick Seattle chef Kurt Timmermeister is living the dream (my dream, anyway). In this charming memoir he chronicles, missteps and all, how he turned four overgrown acres on Vashon Island into a bona fide farm. A practical and honest account from a self-made... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Keeping Pet Chickens by Johannes Paul Publisher Comments When fresh eggs are needed for the kitchen, what could be better than going out to the back yard and collecting them, courtesy of home-bred chickens? Food simply doesn't come any fresher, and the good news is that keeping two or three chickens is quite... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Green Barbarians: Live Bravely on Your Home Planet by Ellen Sandbeck Staff Pick Ellen Sandbeck, author of Eat More Dirt and Green Housekeeping, brings us a thorough guide to living more healthfully with less stress, less money, and less impact on our planet. Green Barbarians is an amusing and refreshing handbook that includes... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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