Whether you have a small back garden or a dozen acres there are ways to increase your self sufficiency. These are a hand picked selection of books on self sufficiency and sustainable living that we have read and found useful.
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Books we Recommend on Self Sufficiency & Sustainable Living
Making Small Farms Work by Richard Perkins
Making Small Farms Work by Richard Perkins has a tag line of “A pragmatic whole systems approach to profitable regenerative agriculture” which neatly explains the core ethos of the book.
The author, Richard Perkins is well known as a YouTuber – h...
New Complete Self-Sufficiency by John Seymour
Make the break, realize the dream and start living "the good life". Packed with comprehensive information on all the practical details, from ploughing fields to milking cows, as well as information on how to create an urban organic garden and harness...
Pest Control for the Smallholder by David Bezzant
Among the many challenges facing the contemporary smallholder who keeps livestock and grows his own food, is how to deal with the various pests that are capable of decimating crops, degrading pasture, stealing produce, contaminating animal feed and killing...
Starting with a Smallholding by David Hills
A really useful book for anyone planning to buy a smallholding, or start a new smallholding activity.
It offers timely advice on how to choose the right property for different needs and circumstances, as well as sorting out priorities after moving...
Successful Smallholding by Jeremy Hobson
Downshifting has become synonymous with selling up, starting a smallholding and escaping the rat race. Some people are lucky enough to purchase a property large enough to ensure that the whole family is self-sufficient, but for most only enough land...
The Smallholder's Manual by Katie Thear
Described as the smallholder's bible! A practical handbook for the small farmer in the 21st century, this is the essential reference book for anyone working on a smallholding, whether the intention is just to reduce living costs by producing food at...
The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land
The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone is an inspirational yet supremely practical guide to setting up and running a market gardening business that provides sustainable, organic foods, locally to urban areas....
Tools and Machinery for the Smallholder by John Bezzant
A wide range of tools and equipment, from compact tractors to chainsaws and from winches to torque wrenches, are employed on today's productive and efficiently organized smallholdings. There are few publications that provide the smallholder with comprehensive,...
Viable Self-Sufficiency by Tim & Dot Tyne
Touted as being the most comprehensive guide to living off the land since John Seymour's seminal works and written by life-long smallholders Tim and Dot Tyne covering all aspects of self-sufficiency.
I have to agree that it is very comprehensive;...
