Homestead Library
Recommended Reading for Your Homestead Library
There are so many amazing books out there that you can add to your homestead library to help you on your journey. My plan was to post a review every other week, but frankly, they don’t get much traffic. I’ll be adding reviews here and there, sometimes grouped by topic, sometimes individually. If you see a book title in the top or bottom photos that you’d like to know more about, please ask, and I’ll do my best to get a review up sooner rather than later.
Book Reviews Currently Available at Common Sense Homesteading
General Homesteading
If You Only Get One Homesteading Book, This Should Be It
Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less)
Food and Food Preservation
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fermenting Foods
The Natural Canning Resource Book
Wildcrafting/Herbalism
Weekly Weeder #1 – Recommended Wildcrafting Reference Books
Herbs Gone Wild! - Beauty Gone Wild! – Hair Gone Wild!
Gardening
Building Soils Naturally – Innovative Methods for Organic Gardeners
Preparedness
The Survival Doctor’s Guides to Wounds and Burns
Nutrition
Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Foods
Environmental Toxins
The photos at the top and bottom of this post are from my own personal bookshelves, so you can see I’ve got no shortage of reading material. 
I love a recipe from The Whole Beast that involved bone marrow. Yum!
I tried one of the marrow recipes, but I’m not sure if I prepared it correctly because it wasn’t very tasty. I’ll keep trying!
Is there a list? for the books I mean
Not yet. The review posts didn’t get too many views, so I’ve started mixing book suggestions in with related posts. Is there a specific topic that you’re looking for?
I’d love a list of the books too. Even a list with a comment or two on your opinion of them. !!!!
Pretty please!
Another vote for a booklist. Please
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Just added some more reviews.
I’d recommed Stocking Up lll. I have the original book, Stocking Up ll and now the 3rd. Everything about food preservation from canning to pickling, freezing, drying, etc. It’s a good read.
I’ve got that one, too, and also recommend it.
Very nicely written blog.It gives very vital information to the people who are unaware of this kind of topics.Keep posting like this.Thanks a lot!! It will really help me to explore my mind with these blogs. Thanks Again!! And Please Keep sharing!!!
Just my luck, I find your site right in the middle of doing taxes…..GRRRR! Will save for a rainy day, no, bad choice of words because I live in Washington. I have bookmarked your booklist. Thank you for taking the time to share. Colette
I will try to keep adding more over time. Life often intrudes on my reading and writing schedule.