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Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Steve Solomon
New Society Publishers, 2006
Things I Never Knew About Gardening!
+ Good book, very detailed
+ Detailed, Valuable Advice
+ Fascinating crankiness
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The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Building Your Own Home
Dan Ramsey
Alpha, 2002
Dean Johnson says so.
+ so good I bought the book
+ Still afraid
I *love* Dean Johnson's HOMETIME TV show! He makes an idiot like myself figure out how to do repair jobs around the house. Now he has a rival: Dan Ramsey, author of an idiot's guide to building a home. Dean even wrote the foreword to Dan's book! Lots of practical advice on building a new house ...
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Country Property Dirt Cheap: How I Found My Piece of Inexpensive Rural Land...Plus My Adventures with a $300 ...
Ralph C. Turner
Index Legalis Pub., 1996
Well written and easily read
+ Well-written Real Estate Adventure !
+ usefull advice, one man's success story
+ A great guide by example
+ Low density but valuable information
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The Classic Hewn-Log House: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Restoring
Charles McRaven
Storey Publishing, LLC, 2005
Excellent book on hewn log construction. The chapter on chinking is worth the price.
+ The best of log-cabin related books
+ A Wonderful Read as well as Instructional Work
+ Learn how to replace rotten logs, notch logs, use vintage logs, or handle floor joists in this step-by-step guide
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All New Square Foot Gardening
Mel Bartholomew
Cool Springs Press, 2006
No dig gardening
+ All New Square Foot Gardening
+ Awesome! Fun!
+ Awesome Book
+ Excited Again About Gardening
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Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder's Guide)
David Johnston, Scott Gibson
Taunton, 2008
Covers Everything
+ Color photos and charts pack a title filled with specifics, not theory
+ Green From the Ground Up
A great book that covers everything. A good checklist of things to consider. The graphics provide highlights from different viewpoints -- green design, construction, would I do this? Lots of photos and drawings. A good book to have on the shelf for reference.
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Country Wisdom & Know-How
The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004
Wisdom Is In Its Pages
+ Wisdom
+ Great
+ Tons of information, but layout is a little awkward
+ Learn to be on your own
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Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))
Eric Corey Freed
For Dummies, 2007
A brief comment
+ great idea book!
+ Excellent overall review of green building
+ Green building for dummies
+ Pretty good book.
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long
Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch
Chelsea Green, 1999
Useful book
+ New take on gardening
+ Great insight for winter gardening
+ Very usefull
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Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities
Shay Salomon
The Lyons Press, 2006
Excellent and Inspiring
+ Great ideas and well written
+ Absolutely wonderful!!
+ Funky book
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Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet ...
David Del Porto, Carol Steinfeld
Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 2000
Most complete and credible book on the topic
+ If you're serious about composting toilets, buy this book
+ extremely detailed, well organized, good read
+ The best book out there
+ Impressive, comprehensive, reader friendly, practical.
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How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings
Monte Burch
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1992
How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings
+ Excellent resource for building barns
+ Makes everything so clear
+ Covers all of the essentials of 'how to'
+ great book
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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar ...
Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, ...
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002
More than a book
+ Wonderful!
+ Core, must-have owner builder book
+ Beautiful Book!
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Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides)
Stu Campbell
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998
Creating the best garden ever starts at the bottom
+ The classic book!
+ Beginning Composters (this is a must have!)
+ Stinky subject good book!
+ Let it Rot book
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Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings
Leigh Seddon
Williamson Publishing Company, 1985
Great practical book.
+ pole building construction review
+ The garage is almost done
This is a very complete book that doesn't leave the reader asking for details like so many others. It's written so beginners can understand it and it contains all the design criteria, load tables, joint details, and so forth that an experienced builder needs to get a building permit and construct ...
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