Free (Kindle) Weekend Homesteaders by Anna Hess

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Originally Posted by bookratt

IF YOU MISSED JULY, IT IS AVAILABLE AGAIN.

Yay, thank you! And thanks for the potato one as well.

[bookratt]

BACKWOODS HOME MAGAZINE FREEBIE BLOWOUT!!!!!

Beginning tonight at midnight, and lasting all day Thursday and Friday, January 10 and 11, Backwoods Home Magazine will be giving away 9 eBook back issues. It is by far our largest ever two-day Kindle giveaway.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - July/Aug 2010 (#124) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7843860&sr=1-1

Back issue No. 124 contains: Build a goat cottage; moving to our Maine homestead; Vermicomposting; all about healthy elderberries; Ethiopian food with Richard Blunt; Jug lines, limb lines, and trot lines for fishing; part 2 of Emergency and Backwoods Water Treatment (part one in Issue No.122, part 3 in No. 125)); the poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove; long gun and short gun shooting similarities; breaking in a sodbuster on the ranch; a peek into the life of Pekin ducks; pecan-coated rock fish; and the California marijuana initiative. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about drying summer squash, seasoning cast iron, making yogurt, canning in gallon jars, making salt pork, a butter mold, having calves or heifers, getting started with homesteading, growing potatoes in tires, and dehydrating apples.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - May/Jun 2010 (#123) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844137&sr=1-2

Back issue No. 123 contains: The lead article is about The Applesed Project, which is a weekend course in American Revolutionary War history and rifle marksmanship; using wild edibles in delectable dishes; part of the 10-part series, Building Eric’s house; tomatoes, the essential garden crop; tub gardening; the sweet side or sourdough; searching for the perfect goat; pasteurizing milk; John Silveira discusses the Tea Party movement; Claire Wolfe discusses fear freedom, and adventure in the backwoods; curried lentil soup; and Dave Duffy ‘s commentary is about the Second Revolution that is on the way; Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about canning pears, horseradish, seasoning cast iron, getting rid of rats, mold in the cellar, dried shortening powder, and using old lentils.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - Sept/Oct 2010 (#125) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844137&sr=1-3

Back issue No. 125 contains: Jackie Clay shows you how to build and stock your pantry; Butchering a hog; making Hungarian liver and rice sausages; build an attached solar green house; how to sharpen a chainsaw; harvesting small game for the stew pot; Mas Ayoob talks about big boomer guns; honey, nature’s sweetener; historic and healthy pistachios; Claire Wolfe’s details how she helped raise a neighbor’s house; John Silveira reminisces about his “Time Travel” ad that launched a Hollywood movie; part 3 of Emergency and Backwoods Water Treatment (part 1 is in No. 122 and part 2 is in No. 124). Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about composing horse manure, using fresh horse manure, curing onions, dwarf fruit trees, carrot rust fly, flea beatles, reusable Tattler cans, canning dried beans, canning tamales, canning cheese, canning nuts, canning frozen green beans, using grape leaves for pickles, oil for frying, dehydrating potatoes, and salty bologna.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - Mar/Apr 2011 (#128) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844137&sr=1-4

Back issue No. 128 contains: How to propagate plants; morel mushrooms for beginners; drive your own freshwater well; switch your family to goat’s milk; make a better bucket butter churn; effective LED lights mounted on guns; delicious, dependable potatoes; dehorning calves with dehorning paste; grow gourmet salad greens, advantages of a wool felt hat; downsizing the garden as we grow older; controlling cutworms; an inexpensive compost toilet; part 2 of LED lighting (part 1 was in Issue No. 127, part 3 in Issue No. 129); and Dave Duffy makes the case for defunding government as a sensible voter solution to reining in local government. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about pectin, running the pressure canner without water, half-gallon canning jars, using vinegar, liver recipes, a baked bean canning recipe, re-canning products, rendering lard, dehydrated shortening, cooking oil going rancid, storing red wheat, storing food in plastic jars, and canning pecans.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - Nov/Dec 2010 (#126) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844341&sr=1-5

Back issue No. 126 contains: Basic cheese making; a guide to buying silver and gold; finding wealth you can wear at yard sales; cold weather shooting considerations; life-saving snowshoes; John Silveira discusses how we can escape from the current recession; installing a steel roof; Richard Blunt discusses the history and cooking of fried foods; making a hand-built rope bed; using Khaki Campbell ducks as egg layers; how to give a haircut; making homemade gift baskets; and how cops get themselves out of a recession by giving out excessive traffic tickets. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about using dried tomato powder, tomato pickles, trouble with Rutgers tomatoes, GM seed, Yukon Gold potatoes, hollow potatoes, making lye soap, waterless canning, salty goat milk, the fall pea crop, old pinto beans, powdered milk, wood beetles, and canning milk.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - Nov/Dec 2011 (#132) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844341&sr=1-6

Back issue No. 132 contains: information on mushing; living with wolves; camping during winter; part 6 of Building Eric’s house; reducing your property taxes; how to make new yarn from old sweaters; dealing with midwinter madness; what to do in case of an unplanned homebirth; building a holz hausen to dry firewood; reloading your own brass; recycling saw blades to make knives; creating a solar-powered chicken coop; cooking with persimmons; making apple pies, savory supper pies, and yogurt; using horse labor and putting up firewood; realizing the threat of electromagnetic pulse. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about cold pack canning, rusty canning jars, cabin skylights, developing a spring, canning salsa and bacon, broody chickens, wash day, pressure canning, goat tallow soap, and saving corn seed.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - May/June 2011 (#129) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844341&sr=1-7

Back issue No. 129 contains: Jackie Clay shows how to save seeds; make your own firestarters; the under-appreciated sweet potato; part 5 of Building Eric’s house; medicating your cattle; learning how to tell a good pig; Richard Blunt cooks family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine; a homesteader’s journal, part1; part 3 of LED Lightning series (parts 1 and 2 were in Issue Nos. 127 and 128); Cabbage and good health and great eating; and John Silveira discusses the dollar’s decline so it is now worth only 2 cents. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about cooking on a wood stove, homesteading, harvesting acorns, removing hulls from seeds, using bay leaves to deter weevils, Pekin ducks, gardening, storing salt and sugar, making rennet, storing food on the damp coast, using hedge apples for repelling roaches, and saving carrot seeds.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - Jan/Feb 2010 (#121) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844341&sr=1-8

In this back issue: How to erect the walls and roof of Eric's house in Ashland, OR; How to grow rhubarb and make a rhubarb pie by Jackie Clay; Massad Ayoob writes about women and guns; How to graft fruit trees; Making healthy soups with fresh ingredients; How to make a super-insulated home; Claire Wolfe muses about winter in the high desert; Constructing and using a root cellar; How to pour a concrete floor; John Silveira discusses the U.S. Constitution and how we are losing the rights it guarantees us; Dave Duffy shows how to build an economically sustainable youth golf club; Jackie Clay answers questions about making sulfa apples, growing and storing potatoes, canning salad dressing, making homemade shampoo, peeling pears, using a grain grinder, hens eating eggs, washing eggs, using home-canned meats, growing herbs indoors, grinding buckwheat, vacuum sealing vs. canning.

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Backwoods Home Magazine - Mar/Apr 2010 (#122) [Kindle Edition]
Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Backwoods-Home...7844341&sr=1-9

Back issue No. 122 contains: Emergency and Backwoods Water Treatment; making the $1 garden; how gardening is good for you; growing potatoes in hay; living in the desert; healthy meals for vegetarians and semi-vegetarians; bovine basics for beginners; your kitchen pharmacy; beat supermarket psychology and save; spare firearms; a quick tour of hyperinflation and the possible consequences for America; and an assessment of America from Russia. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about grinding buckwheat, raising feeder geese, growing potatoes in tires, minerals and fertilizers, root cellaring in Texas, making butter, keeping seeds in the freezer, storing squash, canning turkey soup, heart rot in potatoes, removing snow from a roof, boiling home-canned foods, canning in ½-gallon jars, grain for goats, and processing venison.

[bookratt]

BACKWOODS HOME MAGAZINE EBOOK FREEBIES!!!!

Beginning tonight at midnight, and lasting all day Thursday and Friday, January 10 and 11, Backwoods Home Magazine will be giving away 6 eBooks. It is by far our largest ever two-day Kindle.

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Self-reliance: Recession-proof your pantry [Kindle Edition]
Jackie Clay (Author), Jeffrey R. Yago (Author), Sylvia Gist (Author), Linda Gabris (Author), Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Self-reliance-...+home+magazine

Recession-proof your pantry with these ideas on long-term storage, what to keep in your pantry, canning basics, freezing and dehydrating foods, and recipes to help you in good times and bad. This self-reliance guide from Backwoods Home Magazine is a must-have for everyone starting on the road to self-reliance as well as those well along their way.

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Ask Jackie: Pressure canning [Kindle Edition]
Jackie Clay-Atkinson (Author), Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Jackie-Pre...+home+magazine

This Ask Jackie guide contains a wealth of knowledge on pressure canning, and comes chock-full of recipes and advice. Throughout its pages, the book covers dairy-related questions, gives recipes for hearty home canned meals, extensively covers vegetable and tomato canning, and touches on nuts, legumes, and peppers. This is a wonderful counterpart to Water Bath Canning.

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Ask Jackie: Homesteading [Kindle Edition]
Jackie Clay-Atkinson (Author), Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Jackie-Hom...+home+magazine

Homesteading is a must-have book for any homesteader, whether he or she has been homesteading for decades or is just beginning on the path to self-reliance. This installment of the "Ask Jackie" series begins with answers to the questions of those who are just getting started, guiding the reader through buying land, setting up water and heat, making soap, cooking with cast iron, and dealing with homestead pests, among many other things. The book closes with an inspirational chapter on Jackie's childhood, her children, and her joys and struggles with homesteading in various states for most of her adult life.

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Ask Jackie: Homestead cooking [Kindle Edition]
Jackie Clay-Atkinson (Author), Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Jackie-Hom...+home+magazine

This large book is perfect for the kitchen. Departing from canning, this installment of the "Ask Jackie" series covers everything from vegetables to vinegar. Spanning from dairy, to grains, to meals, to fruit and vegetables, its pages provide delicious recipes, handy hints, and practical advice for those learning to cook or perfecting their skills as a self-sufficient homesteader. This fits nicely with both Water Bath Canning and Pressure Canning to provide a truly comprehensive guide to food preparation.

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Ask Jackie: Gardening [Kindle Edition]
Jackie Clay-Atkinson (Author), Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Jackie-Gar...+home+magazine

The Gardening book is an expansive "how-to" for anyone interested in gardening. The topics range from saving seeds, to planting trees, to building irrigation, to planting fruit and vegetables, to container gardening. In these pages, Jackie provides a sensible and interesting guide to gardening, whether on acres of purchased land or a small city balcony.

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Ask Jackie: Animals [Kindle Edition]
Jackie Clay-Atkinson (Author), Backwoods Home Magazine (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Jackie-Ani...+home+magazine

This volume covers a wide range of questions about caring for livestock on the homestead. Jackie's advice ranges from dealing with cannibalistic hens to providing the healthiest and cheapest chicken feed, from finding the best dairy goat to using the safest do-it-yourself method of bull castration. Jackie also explains the reasons for hanging meat, the proper way to dispose of large animals, and even shares a dog food stew recipe from her old boss.

[koland]

thx. they weren't free at midnight (or an hour after), when I searched for that publisher's freebies.

[GA Russell]

Wow! Thanks bookratt!

[bookratt]

Today is the last day for the Backwoods Magazine ebook & magazine freebies. See posts #47 & 48.

[bookratt]

Homesteading Handbook Guide On Self Sufficiency Everything You Need To Know Growing Your Own Food In Your Back Yard Homesteading 101 [Kindle Edition]
Dalbert Burton (Author)


http://www.amazon.com/Homesteading-H...154606011_f_71

Having a useful homesteading garden is considered a brilliant concept as it would be of great significance in the case of the Millennium Bug hitting hard. When you plan to construct gardens of this scale, it requires that extensive consideration be afforded to the types of produce and also that these types have the ability of being reaped and also carefully placed in a root cellar or a dark closet and require no processing and also remain in that place until they are needed at a later date, maybe in a year.

Whether you will be doing your homesteading in a country or town zone, there are certain things that are required when plans are being made to start a home garden. This book will tell you what the requirements are, as well as what you should not do in regards to obtaining permission to do homesteading. The book outlines the crops that are ideal for this type of gardening.

In addition to the various and detailed homesteading rules and regulations that you will learn about in this book, it is necessary to get consent in writing from your neighbours long before you make alterations to any boundary wall that you share with them.

About the Author: There are several successful projects that the author, Dalbert Burton, has undertaken and homesteading is certainly one of them. In fact, he believes that this has by far been one of the most rewarding things he has ever done in his lifetime. His wish is that his readers who have been considering this for a while and those who have just started out will receive the same if not better rewards as well as a sense of accomplishment from successfully growing their own food. As such, Dalbert has provided extensive details on how, when and why you should consider doing your own homesteading project.

He is sharing what he has learnt, after much trial and error, about useful soil and how to improve them to make them perform to their optimum level. Not ignoring the fact that there are concerns regarding the conservation of water, Dalbert Burton gives his readers advice on how to go about doing this. One method involves grouping certain plants together that have water requirements that are the same. The advantages as well as the simplicity of mulching are offered in his book where readers will realize how accessible materials are that can be used for this purpose.

[bookratt]

AUGUST IS CURRENTLY FREE AGAIN.

Originally Posted by bookratt

AUGUST EDITION IS NOW FREE

Weekend Homesteader: August [Kindle Edition] Anna Hess (Author)


http://www.amazon.com/Weekend-Homest...s_154606011_71

This month's edition of Weekend Homesteader focuses on what August is best known for --- the sun. You'll take advantage of solar energy directly by drying tomatoes or peaches in your car and clothes on the line, then will collect the sun's energy indirectly when you start a fall garden and find local produce in abundance.

For those of you who are new to the Weekend Homesteader, this monthly ebook series walks you through fun and easy projects that introduce growing your own food, cooking the bounty, preparing for emergency power outages, and achieving financial independence.

[bookratt]

Practical Household Uses of Honey [Kindle Edition]
Margaret Briggs (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Hous..._292975011_f_5

From earliest times, people have used honey to nourish, heal, purify and protect. The ancient Babylonians and Assyrians poured honey on the foundations of their temples, and the Greeks, Hindus and Persians used it in their religious services. Honey is as popular today as it was in ancient times, and is still held in great respect due to its proven antibacterial properties, as well as its delicious and unique taste. This accessible handbook offers an introduction to all aspects of honey, its history and many applications. The book opens with a guide to the honey bee, as well as an overview of how to keep hives and bees as a productive hobby. There follows a glossary of the different types of honey and their properties, distinct tastes, and suggested uses. Next, there are practical recipes for health and beauty, with all kinds of honey scrubs, masks, toners, cleansers and nourishers for skin and hair. Last but not least, the unique taste and benefits of honey can be enjoyed in the kitchen, and there are recipes here for a wealth of exciting dishes and drinks.

[GA Russell]

Thanks, bookratt! I enjoy books about the many uses of common items like vinegar and baking soda. Now I'll read about honey.

[koland]

Originally Posted by bookratt

Practical Household Uses of Honey [Kindle Edition]
Margaret Briggs (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Hous..._292975011_f_5

several others by same author, also free:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...her=southwater

[GA Russell]

Thanks, Karen!

[bookratt]

A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens - Breeds Guide, Chicken Tractors & Coops, Hatching & Raising Chicks Plus More... (Simple Living) [Kindle Edition]
Mel Jeffreys (Author)


http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Keep...154606011_f_65

A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens covers all of the basics you need to get up and running with your very own flock of chickens. Discover the simple you of owning these delightfully funny birds while suppling your family with a cheap and healthy source of eggs or meat or even both.

Loaded with helpful tips and advice, this book cover topics from setting up your make yard and how to keep your chickens healthy and stress free. The book is also loaded with many chicken DIY projects including:

Food & Water Feeders
Egg Incubators
Spinning Compost Drum
Various Coops & Chicken Tractor Ideas
Chicken Runs

Don't miss out on the joy of owning chickens, get started now!

[bookratt]

The Handbook of Vintage Remedies [Kindle Edition]
Jessie Hawkins (Author)


http://www.amazon.com/The-Handbook-V..._154606011_f_1

Revised and updated Second Edition now available! Master Herbalist, Jessie Hawkins, opens the world of natural medicine, making it readily available to the average family through The Handbook of Vintage Remedies.Throughout this book, Jessie covers over 90 common health concerns faced by modern families and 35 of the most commonly used herbal remedies, as well as practical safety guidelines about using natural remedies at home, and valuable formulas and recipes for putting herbs to use in the home. Tips on setting up a natural medicine chest, changing the family to a healthier diet and boosting immunity are also featured. Jessie's holistic approach covers nutritional, lifestyle, herbal and other natural therapies with a focus on evidence based care. Each health concern also includes information on preventative care and when to seek professional medical treatment.

[bookratt]

HOMESTEADING: A 21st Century Beginning of Self Reliance [Kindle Edition]
Greg Pavlosky (Author), Teri Pavlosky (Editor)


http://www.amazon.com/HOMESTEADING-C...154606011_f_81

HOMESTEADIN: A 21st Century Beginning of Self Reliance is my first book. I hope that this will help you and give you some things to think about if you want to live a more self reliant and self sufficient life. I didn't fill the book with pictures and illustrations since I try to live by the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid). The information is designed to get you started and allow you to make your place, truly your place. There is no right way or wrong way to do this. You make the choices and then work within those choices. Starting our homestead 30 years later than what we ever envisioned was not our intention years ago. But, life is never easy and if anyone told you it would be then they lied. You will get out of life what you put into it. The chasing of the American dream of the perfect house, job and other things is not what it used to be. The recession that began in 2008 has left many people with broken lives and broken dreams. Some lost jobs, others lost homes and others lost their retirement money. This brings us to why you may have chosen to pursue a simpler way of life and not depend on others but instead to rely on yourself.

You can make this homestead into whatever you want and whether it is a rural, suburban or even an urban location it is yours. You (or you and your family) make the choices and decisions and live with the outcome of those decisions. You are choosing to simplify life as you know it and remove any preconceived notions about what it will be. Along the way you will remove the unimportant things from your lives and spend more time doing the things that will bring enjoyment and fulfillment. Growing your own foods and then enjoying the fruits of your labor will help to make you healthier and provide hours outdoor with fresh air. If you have children then encourage them to enjoy the outdoors and be involved in the activities and chores that go with your homestead.