Pages

Friday, April 29, 2011

Books -a reliable resource

We recently had a friend ask us for a list of good, easy to read permaculture books.  It got us thinking about the fact we've never cataloged our "library" of books.  They are such a wonderful resource and don't succumb to electricity outages...

Part of our "library"
While the "library" as it stands is comprised of several bookshelves, some tabletops and a lot of wandering to find the one you're looking for, we are in the process of relocating our family and business so it seems fitting to take inventory.  

We've listed 35 permaculture, gardening, sustainable living type books below; some we own and have read, some we don't own and have read, some we've read only bits and pieces from and some we've never read at all but have been advised to read.   We also put them on the side bar to check out as you read other blog entries.

So, copy and paste this list and remember, if the power is out there is no internet browsing or Kindle... just books and a good source of light.
  1. 'A Pattern Language' Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein
  2. 'All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!' Mel Bartholomew
  3. 'Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature' Janine M. Benyus
  4. 'Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil' Andy Lee, Pat Foreman
  5. 'Ecological Design' Sim Van der Ryn
  6. 'Edible Forest Gardens' David Jacke and Eric Toensmeier
  7. 'Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods' Thomas Elias
  8. 'Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community' Heather Coburn Flores
  9. 'Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape' Robert A. de J. Hart
  10. 'Gaia's Garden' Toby Hemenway
  11. 'Gardening for the Future of the Earth' Howard-Yana Shapiro
  12. 'Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making' Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield
  13. 'How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine' John Jeavons
  14. 'Introduction to Permaculture' Bill Mollison
  15. 'One-straw Revolution: Introduction to Natural Farming' Masanobu Fukoka
  16. 'Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles' Eric Toensmeier
  17. 'Permaculture A Designer's Manual' Bill Mollison
  18. 'Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition' Bill Mollison
  19. 'Permaculture One: A Perennial Agricultural System for Human Settlements' B. C. Mollison
  20. 'Permaculture Two' B. Mollison
  21. 'Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability' David Holmgren
  22. 'Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (& Beyond) volumes 1, 2 & 3' Brad Lancaster
  23. 'Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables' Mike Bubel
  24. 'Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners' Ernest Ashworth
  25. 'Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide for Farmers, Smallholders and Gardeners' Sepp Holzer
  26. 'The Backyard Beekeeper - Revised and Updated: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden' Kim Flottum
  27. 'The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third Edition' Diana Sammataro
  28. 'The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book' Carla Emery
  29. 'The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants' Samuel Thayer
  30. 'The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual' James Green
  31. 'The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, Third Edition' Joseph Jenkins
  32. 'The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems -Includes Branched Drains' Art Ludwig
  33. 'Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture' John Smith
  34. 'Water For Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan' P. A. Yeomans
  35. 'Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use--Includes How to Make Ferrocement Water Tanks' Art Ludwig

No comments:

Post a Comment

Let us know what you think!