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Essential reading
| The New Complete Book of Self-sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers E.E. Schumacher (Foreword), John Seymour | Urban Dreams and Rural Realities: One Couple's Pursuit of the Good Life Bel Crewe, Daniel Butler |
| Fat of the Land John Seymour | The Forgotten Arts and Crafts John Seymour |
| The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-sufficient Living Helen Nearing, Scott Nearing | Backyard Self-sufficiency Jackie French |
| The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book Carla Emery | Scenes from a Smallholding Chas Griffin |
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Allotments
| National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners |
Allotment books
| Practical Allotment Gardening: A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs on Your Plot Caroline Foley, Clive Nichols (Photographer) | The Allotment Handbook Sophie Andrews |
Association / Society Links
Bees
| British Beekeepers Association |
Building books
Cleaning
| Ecover |
Composting books
| Easy Composters You Can Build Nick Noyes | How to Make Soil and Save Earth Allan Shepherd |
| Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System Mary Applehof, Mary F. Fenton (Illustrator) |
Cooking books
| The River Cottage Cookbook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Simon Wheeler (Photographer) | The River Cottage Year Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall |
| The Boxing Clever Cookbook Jacqui Jones, Joan Wilmot |
DVDs
| Escape To River Cottage | The Victorian Kitchen Garden |
Farming books
| Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them Rolfe Cobleigh | Successful Small Scale Farming Karl Schwenke |
Farming links
| Fordhall Farm |
Fencing books
| A Guide to Stock Fencing Andy Radford |
Food for Free books
| Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean (Illustrator) | Wild Food (Natural History Photographic Guides) Roger Phillips |
| Food for Free Richard Mabey | Edible Plants (Pocket Reference Guides) Pamela Forey, Cecilia Fitzsimons |
| Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan Original) Roger Phillips, Lyndsay Shearer, Derek Reid (Editor), Ronald Rayner (Editor) | Collins How to Identify Edible Mushrooms Robert Gillmor, Nicholas Hammond, Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon, Gill Tomblin |
| Peter Jordan's Wild Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Visual Encyclopedia of Mushrooms: How to Identify, Prepare and Cook Them Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler | The Easy Edible Mushroom Guide David Pegler |
| Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants Lee Allen Peterson | Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants Bradford Angier |
| Really Wild Food Guide, The: Or 350 & Ways to Wok the Wild Marcus Harrison (Editor) |
Forums
| Downsizer |
Frogs
| Froglife |
Fuel books
| Power Plants Brian Horne |
Hemp
| Hemp Food Industries Association | Jack Herer |
| Hemp Industries Association | Yorkshire Hemp Limited |
Herbs books
| Bellamy's Herbal David Bellamy | Jekka's Complete Herb Book Jekka McVicar |
| The Pleasure of Herbs: A Month-by-month Guide to Growing, Using and Enjoying Herbs Phyllis Shaudys | "Flora Britannica" Book of Wild Herbs Richard Mabey |
| Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham | The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies David Hoffman |
| Culpeper's "Complete Herbal": A Book of Natural Remedies for Ancient Ills Nicholas Culpeper | Culpeper's Colour Herbal Nicholas Culpeper |
| DK Handbook: Herbs | Handbook of Medicinal Herbs James A. Duke |
Holidays
| British Trust for Conservation Volunteers | WWOOF |
Insects books
| Collins Field Guide: Insects of Britain and Northern Europe Michael Chinery | Collins Wild Guide: Insects Bob Gibbons |
John Seymour books
| Fat of the Land | The Forgotten Arts and Crafts |
| Bring Me My Bow | The New Complete Book of Self-sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers |
Livestock books
| Small-scale Livestock Farming: a Grass-based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit Carol Ekarius | The Complete Book of Raising Livestock and Poultry Katie Thear (Editor), Alistair Fraser (Editor) |
Mushrooms books
| Collins How to Identify Edible Mushrooms Robert Gillmor, Nicholas Hammond, Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon, Gill Tomblin | Peter Jordan's Wild Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Visual Encyclopedia of Mushrooms: How to Identify, Prepare and Cook Them Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler |
| Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms: Revised & Updated Paul Stamets | Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide: a Handbook for Psilocybin Enthusiasts O.T. Oss, O.N. Oeric |
| Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean (Illustrator) | The Complete Mushroom Book: The Quiet Hunt Antonio Carluccio |
| Mushrooms and Mankind: The Impact of Mushrooms on Human Consciousness and Religion Arthur James | The Easy Edible Mushroom Guide David Pegler |
| Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe Roger Phillips, Lyndsay Shearer | The Practical Mushroom Encyclopedia: Identifying, Picking and Cooking with Mushrooms Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler |
Organic gardening books
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An Organic Gardener's Experience Philip Clarke |
Pippa's Organic Kitchen Garden Pippa Greenwood |
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Bob Flowerdew's Organic Bible Bob Flowerdew |
Successful Small-Scale Farming Karl Schwenke |
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Fork to Fork Monty Don, Sarah Don |
The New Organic Grower Eliot Coleman, Paul Hawken |
Kitchen Harvest - Susan Berry |
The Organic Garden Book Geoff Hamilton |
| Moon Gardening - R J Harris | The Organic Salad Garden Joy Larkcom |
| Organic Gardening Franklin W Dixon | The Origins of the Organic Movement Philip Conford PhD |
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Organic Gardening Pauline Pears, Sue Stickland |
The HDRA Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening |
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Organic Gardening for the 21st Century John Fedor |
The RHS Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Michael Pollock |
| Organic Gardening with Love Thelma Barlow | The Vegetable Gardener's Bible Edward C. Smith |
| Organic Living Michael Van Straten | This Organic Life Joan Dye Gussow |
| Organic Living in 10 Simple Lessons Karen Sullivan | Your Organic Garden Jeff Cox |
Permaculture books
| The Woodland Way: A Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management Ben Law | Earth User's Guide to Permaculture Rosemary Morrow |
Ponds books
| Creating Garden Ponds and Water Features Debbie Roberts, Ian Smith | RHS Practicals: Ponds & Water Features |
| Garden DIY Water Features (Garden DIY) Mark Edwards, Chris Maton | The Royal Horticultural Society Water Gardening (RHS) Peter Robinson |
| "Ground Force" Water Garden Workbook Charlie Dimmock | The Water Gardener John Brookes (Foreword), Anthony Archer-Wills |
| Ponds and Water Gardens Bill Heritage | The Wildlife Pond Handbook: A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Your Own Wetland for Wildlife Louise Bardsley |
Poultry books
| The Complete Book of Raising Livestock and Poultry Katie Thear (Editor), Alistair Fraser (Editor) | Poultry House Construction Michael Roberts (Illustrator), Sara Roadnight (Editor) |
| Chickens at Home Michael Roberts (Illustrator), Sara Roadnight (Editor) | Starting with Chickens Katie Thear |
| Starting with Geese Katie Thear | Free-range Poultry Katie Thear |
| Keeping Quail: A Guide to Domestic and Commercial Management Katie Thear | Incubation: a Guide to Hatching and Rearing Katie Thear |
Recycling
| Recycle now | Waste Watch |
| Recycle works |
Sites of interest
| Centre for Alternative Technology | Schumacher UK |
| Do-it.org.uk |
Slugs books
| The Little Book of Slugs Allan Shepherd (Editor), Suzanne Galant (Editor) |
Smallholdings
| Cornish Guild of Smallholders | North Yorkshire Smallholders Society |
| Evans Bros (Wales) Esate Agents | The Smallholding Centre (Wales) Esate Agents |
| Northumbria Smallholders Association |
Can't afford a smallholding in the UK, then don't despair look abroad. Here is a site that has a huge list of French estate agents listed by region
Snails books
| Farming Snails: Learning About Snails: Building a Pen, Food and Shelter FAO Better Farming Series |
Solar Heating
| The Very Efficient Heating Company | Solar Heating DIY |
Solar Heating books
| Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home Ramsey | The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home James Kachadorian |
| Easy Guide to Solar Electric Adi Pieper | The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-responsive, Energy-independent Home Steven J. Strong, William G. Scheller |
| Solar Water Heating: A DIY Guide Paul Trimby | The Solar Home: How to Design and Build a House You Heat with the Sun Mark Freeman |
| The Independent Home: Living Well with Power from the Sun, Wind, and Water Michael Potts | Understanding and Installing Your Own Solar Electric System ebook |
Storage, Pickling and Preservation books
| How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-sufficiency Piers Warren, Chris Winn (Illustrator) | The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest Carol Costenbader |
| Preserving Summer's Bounty: A Quick and Easy Guide to Freezing, Canning, Preserving, and Drying What You Grow Susan McClure | The Joy of Pickling: 200 Flavor-packed Recipes for All Kinds of Produce from Garden or Market Linda Ziedrich |
| Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel | The Right Way to Make Jams: Including Fruit Jellies, Conserves, Marmalades, Curds, Pickles, Chutneys & Ketchups Cyril Grange |
Tobacco
| Plantation House |
Toilet books
| Lifting the Lid: An Ecological Approach to Toilet Systems Peter Harper, Louise Halestrap | Sewage Solutions: Answering the Call of Nature Nick Grant, Mark Moodie, Chris Weedon |
Tree books
| Cassell's Trees of Britain and Northern Europe John White, David Moore (Illustrator) | Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape: The Complete History of Britain's Trees, Woods & Hedgerows Oliver Rackham |
| Tree Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide to the Healing Power of Over 150 Trees Peter Conway | Trees: Their Natural History P. A. Thomas |
Vegetable plants / seeds Links
| W. Robinson & Son |
Vegetable books
| From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Foods Monty Don, Sarah Don | The Kitchen Garden Yearbook: A Month-by-month Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables Daphne Ledward |
| Growing Vegetables (The Royal Horticultural Society's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening) Tony Biggs | Which? Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables Liz Dobbs |
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GROWING UNUSUAL VEGETABLES Author - Simon Hickmott Over 90 weird and wonderful vegetables - all of them edible. Each plant comes with comprehensive cultivation instructions and fascinating notes on its origin, history and uses. £ 15.00 Click here to view full book details on eco-logic books website |
VEGETABLES Author - Roger Phillips Basically this is a vegetable identification book but the superb photos and informative text make it much more than that. Limited number of this delightful veg classic at a delightful price £ 10.00 Click here to view full book details on eco-logic books website |
Walling books
| A Guide to Dry Stone Walling Andy Radford |
Water Power books
| Water and Wind Power Martin Watts | Energy Forever?: Water Power Ian Graham |
Wind Power
| Wind Turbine DIY |
Wind Power books
| Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems Paul Gipe | Windpower Workshop Tim Kirby (Foreword), Hugh Piggott |
| It's a Breeze: A Guide to Choosing Windpower Hugh Piggott |
Woodcraft links
| Association of Pole-Lathe Turners and Greenwood Workers (Bodgers) | The Working Woodlands Trust |
Woodland books
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GREEN WOODWORKING Ray Tabor The natural way of working with unseasoned wood to create a huge variety of useful products. Based on over a decade of working with green wood, Ray has collected all his knowledge together in this book for beginners and experts alike. Contents include: creating & maintaining your own woodland; key skills; fuel; fencing & hurdles; lathes and turnery; baskets; walking sticks; spoons; benches, stools & chairs; garden furniture and more. Clear away the mystique and acquire a creative and inexpensive skill. £ 16.95 Click here to view full book details on eco-logic books website |
GREEN WOODWORK Author - M. Abbott Learn how to build a pole lathe and avoid the cost, noise and danger of powered machinery. Set up a workshop in your attic or the woods and work with wood rather than against it. £ 14.95 Click here to view full book details on eco-logic books website |
| Traditional Woodland Crafts Raymond Tabor |
Woodland For Sale
| John Clegg & Co | Woodlandfinders |
| Woodlands.co.uk | Woods 4 Sale |
Woodland links
| Forest Stewardship Council. FSC is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world's forests | The Green Wood Centre (Shropshire) promotes the traditional management of broadleaved woodland in the UK through teaching traditional craft and coppice management skills. |
| Small Woods Association Britain’s leading organisation for all those with the well-being of our small woodlands at heart. | The Woodland Trust UK's leading charity dedicated solely to the protection of our native woodland heritage. |
| The Community Woodlands Association (Scotland) The Community Woodlands association represents Scotland's community woodland groups. | Wessex Coppice Group To encourage economic growth in the hazel coppice industry through marketing, training and public awareness whilst sustaining the landscape and ecological value of the woodland resource. |
Worm books
| Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System Mary Applehof, Mary F. Fenton (Illustrator) | Earthworms Sims |
| The Worm Book: The Complete Guide to Worms in Your Garden Loren Nancarrow, Janet Taylor | Biology and Ecology of Earthworms C.A. Edwards, P. Bohlen |
| Vermicology: Biology of Earthworms S.A. Ismail | Earthworms for Gardeners and Fishermen Kevin Handreck, Ken Lee |
| Earthworms for Ecology | |
| I Wonder What it's Like to be an Earthworm Erin M. Hovanec (For kiddies) | Earthworms (Read and Learn) Lola M. Schaefer (For kiddies) |
Worm breeders
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Happy D Ranch (US) |
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| Southland Worm Breeders (NZ) |
Wormman (US) |
Essential reading (continued)
| A Farm of Our Own: A Spiritual Journey Running a Smallholding Graham R. Irwin | Kind of Living: Practical Guide to Self-sufficiency Katie Thear |
| Cottage Economy William Cobbett | Scenes from a Smallholding Charles Quentin Griffin |
| Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management Maurice G. Kains | Self-reliance: A Recipe for the New Millennium John Yeoman |
| From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Foods Monty Don, Sarah Don, Simon Wheeler (Photographer) | Successful Small Scale Farming Karl Schwenke |
| Home Farm Paul Heiney | The Lazy Kitchen Gardener John Yeoman |
| How to Grow More Vegetables (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops) John Jeavons | The Smallholder's DIY Michael Roberts (Illustrator), Sara Roadnight (Editor) |
| How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-sufficiency Piers Warren, Chris Winn (Illustrator) | The Smallholder's Manual Katie Thear |
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