Books

Micro-Gardening

All New Square Foot Gardening

The most recent edition of the book by Mel Bartholomew.

Foxfire Series

The Foxfire series of books records a lot about the culture of the Southern Appalachians from the 1960s.  They have a lot of interesting stories and information about solutions to every day problems before the age of Walmart.  I would use them more for inspiration than for ultimate answers.

The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining

This is the original Foxfire book compiling material from the Foxfire magazine from the late 1960s.

Foxfire 2

Honey, beekeeping, making an ox yoke, wagon wheels and wagons, making a tub wheel and a foot-powered lathe, raising sheep and weaving cloth, and more.

Foxfire 3

Hide tanning, animal care, banjos and dulcimers, gourds, ginseng, building a lumber kiln, butter churns, apple butter, sorghum, and more.

Foxfire 4

Knife making, wood carving, fiddle making, gardening, traps, logging, water systems, and more.

Foxfire 5

Ironmaking, blacksmithing, gunmaking, bear hunting.

Foxfire 6

Wooden locks, shoemaking, toys.

Foxfire 11

Preserving and cooking food, wild plant uses, more beekeeping, farm animals, fishing.