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Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
Kind of a homesteading book, http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Skills/dp/1602392331/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318997900&sr=1-1
I frakking love this book, I've read it over a dozen times since I was a kid. Next year I will be living my dream!!!!
My favorite book for this sort of stuff and everything similar is Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602392331/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_OKxMxb9TA4AX7
I'll post pictures of the soap and table of contents in another post. I hate mobile lol.
Edit: here's some quick pics. I can scan whatever pages if you guys want a better look. Before you buy the book. Mind you I've only ever used the bread making recipes and they turn out well. I can't vouch for the rest. Sorry.
https://imgur.com/a/4iTMH
As a reference, Back to Basics provides an interesting overview.
The author's intended audience seems to be the naturalist or eco-friendly person, rather than the "prepper", but that doesn't detract from the content. It doesn't cover any single topic deeply enough where you'll be an expert, but it covers a number of traditional living topics that mirror what would be necessary in a post-collapse scenario: farming livestock/crop, food preservation, natural irrigation, milling flour, sustainable home design, edible plant recognition, etc.
It also includes lots of diagrams/pictures, so it's a quick read and easily-skimmed reference.
Get at least 2 copies of this book..
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1602392331/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1303161105&sr=8-16
"Back to Basics" its just about all the information you need.
Ah yes, I'm an old dude. Being free of debt helps too. I'm just so ready to do this but have to fulfill one more of lifes obligations before I can make it a reality.
I've got this Back to Basics version. I haven't seen the one you linked to. I wonder how much alike they are.
you ll probably love this book then :)
http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Skills/dp/1602392331
http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Edition/dp/1602392331
This book is amazing.
Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
That's a crap ton of knowledge right there. Remember to practice and learn before you need the skills.
We moved to the area because her family's from southeast Minnesota and I managed to get a job nearby. The village, we don't know anyone in, but we got the place at a low cost on an acre lot in a pretty area with a low crime rate. It's been pretty neat because the residents are all older and are looking for younger people to come to the village, partially because we gave a pretty prominent landmark that they're trying to preserve. Conveniently, my college-educated, liberal self minored in folklore, which branches into museum studies, so I'm going to be helping them bring their landmark into the 21st century.
We're literally in the midst of moving into the place, but I picked up Gehring's Back to Basics Book and have been looking at the 1 acre farm homesteading plans and urban farm plans people have made so we're more self-sustaining.
Our area is reserved, but it's surprising how many liberal people you can find in the country. A lot of my coworkers are liberal, but live in the country, because they're interested in controlling their food production, or they just like not having to be bunched in with others and the headaches it may bring.
That's neat about your chicken farm. Our new place has a small egg producer up the street we plan to use. We're not livestock people, but I've looked a lot at starting into vegetables and fruits, then building out from there.
back to basics a complete guide to traditional skills.
Some good books for reference.
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333634510&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Edition/dp/1602392331/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333634541&sr=8-1
This book has lots of info about more primitive type skills: smithing, alternative energies, plant use, canning, log cabins.
Back to Basics covers a lot of it. This is a great book because it starts with selecting the land for your cabin, follows through on how to build the cabin, and then right through stuff like how to forge your own tools, stock your own food and make your own clothes. It's practically a field guide on how to start from scratch.
When Technology Fails is also a pretty substantial resource. I haven't finished reading it yet, so I can't really say much about it.
Its a good book to show just how much food you can grow on given sizes from 1/4 acres and up etc.
Good books: Back to basics / Encylopedia of country living /
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-Carla-Emery/dp/1570615535/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323093223&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Skills/dp/1602392331/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323093275&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Self-Sufficiency-John-Seymour/dp/0751364428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323094521&sr=8-1
Are we talking story type books or 'how to' books?
If 'how to', here's a couple to get you started:
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants - Full colored pictures of edible plants found in the wild
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills - I haven't picked up this book yet but it's been quoted in a few SHTF books I've read as a point of reference.
Can vouch for root cellaring, I love that book. My biggest recommendation for OP would be back to basics http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Edition/dp/1602392331 all inclusive intro to everything.
It kinda sounds like he has a lot of stuff and that you don't necessarily know every tiny thing he has / uses / lurves, which is understandable, because people who really think on their EDC-type stuff often buy and trade a lot of crap. I'd almost suggest trying to get out of the EDC-items box and getting him The Axe Book or Back to Basics, both of which cover skills around outdoorsy things. AB will cover how to cut down all kinds of trees with an axe; BTB covers all kinds of homesteading, food growing, basic skills required for such. Both have lots of neat illustrations and seem to come from pretty competent writers. The Axe Book has made me want to get a decent axe, which obviously isn't an EDC item, but it's a nice to have one. If you get something like that, just keep in mind, axes aren't made out of stainless steel, so he'll want some mineral oil / gun-lube type oil to keep rust away.
Otherwise there's always Celox and an Israeli combat bandage for the 'super bad emergency contingency' part of one's EDC. I like to have something like that in my day bag or in my car, just in case.
Between "Back to Basics" and a trusty copy of Fannie Farmer for cooking, you can cover a LOT of good ground. There are lots of great books, but those are two I can't live without. To be clear, both are about techniques and methods, not so much the theory behind it. They're fantastic reference books though.
http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Edition/dp/1602392331/
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http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Homestead-Produce-food-quarter/dp/1603421386
I just purchased the updated and revised 4th edition earlier this year at my local Tractor Supply Co. but I never read any of the earlier versions to give a comparison.
Edit: Correction, I have the 3rd edition which is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Skills/dp/1602392331