 | Living with Sheep: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Flock by Geoff Hansen
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.32 Cheeky, well-written & fun to read! A shepherding perspective from someone who remembers what it's like to be in over their head, and is happy to admit when they're not an expert. Stuffed with beautiful pictures. If you only get one, get this one. If you're thinking about a hobby flock but don't want to get overwhelmed, get this one.
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 | Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep: Breeds, Care, Facilities by Paula Simmons
Buy used from: $11.00 Comprehensive classic.
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 | Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock by Jay Rossier
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.00 Another favorite from the Living with... series. Excellent, funny, beautiful.
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 | Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $12.32 / Used from: $7.93 Dry but comprehensive. Good classic.
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 | Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cows by Gail Damerow
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.02 A little of everything. These are excerpted from all the comprehensive Storey guides.
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 | Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $16.11 A little of everything. Even if you never leave your apartment, it's a fascinating read. Great inspiration for new country-dwellers.
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 | Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John Storey
Buy new: $15.72 / Used from: $13.60 This would be my first all-around recommendation to a new or wishful homesteader. It's well-rounded but not so ardently self-sufficient that it freaks you out. No preaching, lots of info.
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 | The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour
Buy used from: $25.99 This overwhelmed me the first time I cracked it, but now I love it. It's a great 2nd book for the new homesteader.
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 | The Garden Primer: Second Edition by Barbara Damrosch
Buy new: $12.32 / Used from: $5.92 My favorite all-around gardening book
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 | The Farmstead Egg Cookbook by Terry Golson
Buy used from: $93.00 For using all you new eggs! Beautifully photographed; tasty, simple recipes.
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 | Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses by Ricki Carroll
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.34 Great beginner's guide. Start with the 30-minute mozzerella or the yogurt for easy success.
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 | Making Great Cheese At Home: 30 Simple Recipes From Cheddar to Chevre by Barbara Ciletti
Buy used from: $29.22 Great, easy recipes and solid advice
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 | Home Sausage Making : How-To Techniques for Making and Enjoying 100 Sausages at Home by Susan Mahnke Peery
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $12.81 Great basic guide.
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 | Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing by Michael Ruhlman
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $21.74 Gorgeous. Gorgeous information, I mean, and nice illustrations. Not much in the way of pictures, but fat with info. Hooray, pig!
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 | KitchenAid SSA Sausage Stuffer Kit Attachment for Food Grinder
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $8.49 You'll need the grinder, too.
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 | KitchenAid FGA Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers
Buy new: $40.47 Yay, sausage! You'll need the stuffer, too.
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