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General Homesteading
Everyday & Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Prepper Family and Friends
Bartering and the IRS
Budgeting for Mere Mortals
Can you Afford your House Lifestyle?
Can you Afford your House Lifestyle
-Home Usage Audit Worksheets
(updated Mar 2015)
Can you Afford your House Lifestyle-
Home Contents Audit Worksheets
(updated Mar 2015)
40 Questions to ask when looking at land or a homestead
A Guide to Buying and Managing Rural Property
Buying Rural Land
(1997)
Due Diligence Worksheet for Farm/Ranch Purchase
Underground Treasures Where And How To Find Them
(a key for the ready determination of all the useful minerals within the United States c1881)
A Guide To Starting A Home-Based Business
Agriculturally-based Cottage Industries-Small Farms & Direct Marketing
Home-Based Business Guide
On-Farm Composting Management
Small Farm Management Tools
2006
Starting a Home Based Food Business-Navigating Colorado’s Cottage Foods Act
Sustainable Farm Business Planning
Your Guide to FSA Farm Loans
Don't Clash Over Cash
The Have More Plan-A Little Land, A Lot of Living
(1940)
A Guide for Homeschooling Through High School
Homeschooling-A Guide for Families
Summary of Homeschooling Laws
by the Homeschooling Legal Defense Association
Canadian life as I found it, 4 years' homesteading in the North-West territories
(1908)
Code of the West-
Apache County, AZ Planning & Zoning
Country Living, A Guide for Homeowners
Flight from the City, An experiment in creative living on the land
1933
Homesteading for $3,000
How To Live In The Country
by Powell 1911
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
1914
Modern Pioneers Living Off the Land
Planning
(for Sustainability)
Makes Perfect
Rural Living Pueblo county CO
(Note: This document is published every other year or so, this happens to be the most recent version available online (2010).)
Rural Living Handbook
Hood River OR (This is a county publications that is re-published every few years.)
Self-reliant People, Communities and Northwest Territories–A Shared Responsibility-Canadian Government of the NW Territories Strategic Plan
10 Acres Enough A practical experience showing how a very small farm may be made to keep a very large family
(1905)
The Homesteaders-Solutions to their Farming Problems
(must login to download)
The Rural Living Handbook A guide for rural residential landholders Upper Lachlan Shire council Austrailia
Nov 2008
Buying and Measuring Stacked Firewood
High Living Recipes from Southern Climes
1904 by L.L. McLaren 230 pgs
High Living Recipes from Southern Climes-
The Fireless Cooker-How to Make It, When to Use It, What to Cook
by Lovewell 1904
Buying a Sewing Machine
Checklist of Common Sewing Machine Troubles
Selecting an Overlock Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine Maintenance
Sewing Shortcuts
T is for T-Shirt-Sewing T-Shirts
Beginning Knitting
Learn to Crochet
Basic Crochet Stitches 101
A Simple Rag Quilt
Making and Attaching Quilt Binding
Beginner Quilting Pattern Downloads from ConnectingThreads.com
(select your pattern and then download instructions)
Landscaping Against Wildfire
Life Skills and Leadership Manual
Northern Bushcraft
Rough Living an Urban Survival Manual
Survive! by Les Stroud
Tapan On Survical Rick Fines Personal Survival Chapter 8
USMC MWTC Summer Survival Course Handbook
Wilderness Survival Guide FM 21-76
(277 pgs chpt 1)
Pioneer School
(traditional skills of the 1880s)
Advanced Weather Spotters Field Guide
NOAA Wind Chill Brochure
NOAA Wind Chill Chart
Weather Leader's Guide
Weather Spotters Field Guide 72 pgs
Community Guide to Urban Deer Management
(Do a search on "Community Guide to Urban Deer Management state.pa.us", click on the link and it will download)
Tips for Dealing with Urban Wildlife
Conversions for Commonly Used Weights and Measures by Cattle Producer's Library
Conversion Tables US and Metric Systems of Weights and Measurements
Cheap and Cool Pantry Can Organizer
So You Wanna Move to the Country – Really?
Spring To-Do’s – Prepping for Spring
Fall To Dos - Preparing for Winter
How to Buy Rural Land-A Checklist for Every Buyer
Mineral Leasing 101
A Manual on Farming-
Peace Corps Remote Area Development Guide
Precautions When Buying Rural Land
Rural Landowners' Liability and Posting of Land
Beginning Farmer & Rancher Loan Program
Business Start-Up and Resource Guide-Starting a Business in NC
Checklist for Starting a Cottage Food Business
(MI)
Country Living-An Aid to Moral and Social Security
(spiritual)
Ownership Structures for Your Farm or Ranch
Photovoltaics as a Cottage Industry
Starting and Growing Your Small Business
Using a Will in Farm and ranch Planning
(no longer in PDF format online so here it is)
One For The Money Guide
(Family Finance)
Beginners Guide to Homeschooling
Complete Homeschooling Guide
Wonders of America Coloring and Activity Book
(for kids)
Colonial Fun and Games
Yarns for Boy Scouts Told Round the Camp Fire
1910
Country Living
1946
Country living and Country Thinking
(1862 by Dodge)
Country Living and Country Thinking
(1864 by Hamilton)
Homesteading in Alaska
1963 Homestead law-Alaska, Frontier and pioneer life
How to Plan, Contract, and Build Your Own Home
by HomesteadBasics.com
Living and Working in Rural Areas Handbook
(Australia)
Living Off the Land-Canadians Build Their Dreams
Plan the Perfect Homestead
Planning A Subsistence Homestead
1934
Rural Living-What You Need to Know
Rural Living Guide
WI (This is a county publication that is re-published every few years, this is the link most current now (2010).)
Small Sawmills-A Pocket Guide
1950
Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Homestead
(article)
The Country Home Month by Month A Guide to Country Living
1915
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
(animals, plants, cooking)
The Farmstead
1902
The First Book Of Farming
1905
The Sustainable-Village
Vol 1 No 1-Catalog
Up Your Sustainability
Wilderness homes; a book of the log cabin
(1908)
Windbreaks for Rural Living
Wood Burning Handbook
The Fireless Cooker
1908
The Fireless Cooker-
A treatise on the management of the Thermatic fireless cooker, together with over 250 carefully selected recipes 1911
Eskimo Windproof Clothing Trick
Getting Clothes Clean
Removing Stains
Making Outerwear with Down or Polyester Fiberfill
Measurements for Fitting Pants
Rags to Riches-Ideas to freshen up an old wardrobe
Loom Knitting Basic
Knitting Basics
Crochet Instructions for a Skirt Hem
Crochet Chart Symbols
How to Make a Quilt Sleeve and Binding
Basic Quilting 101
An expert provides tips for building a pond on rural property
Safe Substitutes at Home, Non-Toxic Household Products
Life after Doomsday
by Bruce D Clayton
SAS Survival Guide
John 'Lofty' Wiseman
SAS Survival Guide
Collins Gem (must sign up to download)
Survival Attitude
Thriving In The Outdoors
- The 6 keys to wilderness survival
USMC MWTC Winter Survival Course Handbook
Winter Survival Clothing System
Urban Homesteading Heirloom Skills For Sustainable Living
Basic Weather Spotters Field Guide
Non-Instrument Weather Forecasting
Simple Weather Measurements at School or Home
What is a Personal Weather Station (PWS) Article
(thermometer, barometer, anemometer, hygrometer, and wind vanes)
Living With Urban Wildlife
Alone in the Maine Woods, A Lost Hunters Guide
Ultimate Guide to Wilderness Living
4 Weekly Savings Plans for 52 weeks ech
Finding Money for Preparedness and More
Fall Reminders
(2015)
Shelf Life Information on Lots of Things
Updated April 2015
(Excel workbook, check all tabs)
Frugality - A Homesteading Preppers Way
Be In Control of Your Essentials & Desires
The Great American Supermarket Games – Who Wins Who Loses?
Time – To Catch It, Ya Gotta Track It
So You Want to Move to the Country
The Beginning Farmer & Rancher IDA Program: Growing Rural Communities
Things To Consider When Buying an Acreage or Rural Property
Transferring Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation
Everything I want to do is Illegal from a chicken farmer
(excerpt gotta get the book!)
Farm and Ranch Business Survival Kit
Farm Loan Programs
Farm/Ranch Business Plan
Figuring the Cost to Own and Operate Farm Equipment
Home-Based Business and Government Regulation
2004
Starting and Running a Home-Based Business
(do a search on "
A Guide to Starting and Running a Home-Based Business BizFilings.com
", click on the resulting link and it will download)
Starting-a-Cooperative Farmer-controlled Economic Initiatives
Considering Homeschooling-A Guidebook for Investigating an Alternative Path to Education
Getting Started in Homeschooling-The First 10 Steps
Camping for Boys
1913
Dan Beards Animal Book And Campfire Stories
(Do a search on "
Dan Beards Animal Book And Campfire Stories SurvivalRing
", click on the link and it will download)
Country Living Country Skills
(greenhouse, irrigation, sawdust toilet, rainwater harvesting 2003)
Farming - Peace Corps Remote Area Development Guide
Inside/Outside the Home Homesteading Life in Montana
1900-1920
Our Farm Of 4 Acres And The Money We Made By It
1859
Pioneer Life for Little Children
1916
Pioneering Principles
Planning for a Sustainable Homestead
Rural Living Handbook Tetons county
(This is a county publication that is re-published every few years, this is the link most current now (2013).)
Successful Farming; A ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada
(1916)
Sustainable Homestead Map
(2.25 acres of land is located in Concho, AZ)
Sustainable Homestead Plan
(2.25 acres of land is located in Concho, AZ)
The Handbook for Practical Farmers dealing with the more important aspects of farming in the United States
1920
The Housekeeper's Encyclopedia of Useful Cooking & Domestic Economy
1864
Wool Grades
A Guide to Buying and Storing Your Winter's Wood
Welcome to Cast-Iron Cooking
(Click on download icon in upper right corner of displayed document)
Cast Iron Cookware with compare to other metals
(this article no longer appears online so here it is)
The Family Save All-Supplying Excellent Dishes for Breakfast, Dinner and Tea by Bouvier
1867
Preventing Damage from Clothes Moths and Carpet Beetles
(this is no longer available in PDF format online so here it is)
Knitting Instructions for the Beginner 1
Knitting Instructions for the Beginner 2
A Guide To Free Crochet Patterns
(Do a search on "A Guide To Free Crochet Patterns allfreechrochet.com", click on the link and it will download )
How to Finish Your Quilt
Quilting Basics
Land Clearing Alterntives for removing trees bushes
(must login to download)
Mountaineering Techniques US Army
Never Say Die- A Canadian Survival Manual
(Do a search on "NEVER SAY DIE CANADIAN SURVIVAL MANUAL SurvivalRing.ORG" select link and it will download)
The Survival Handbook (click on download button to right)
Water Survival Training TC 21-21
Center for Essential Education
(Learning Traditional Skills)
Brazos De Dios Traditional Crafts Village
Be A Citizen Weather Reporter
International Weather Watchers Observer Handbook
NWS Observing Handbook
# 2 Cooperative Station Observations
Predicting Weather-Connecting the Basic Cloud Types With Information Collected from a Weather Station
Living with Wildlife
At Home In The Wilderness 3rd Edition 1876
Bushcraft-Notes
How to Avoid Getting Lost