Initially, when I created this blog I wanted to have a place where I could store all the information that I found online that I felt related to one of my interests. Whether it be a blog site or an interesting article etc. What I have since realized is that blogging can be a useful tool to chronicle my learning and a record of my growth as well as a place to learn from others.
Over time I have read many blogs and I follow the ones I like best but in reality can't follow them all. One thing that I have found from time to time on many of the blogs is a listing of what they are reading or have read. Thru this list created by multiple different people and different thinkers in different places etc. I have over time developed a library of my own and thought I might list all the books I have read so as to possibly help others find a title that might be of interest to them and or help them find an answer they were looking for. If anyone has any additions that they feel I should add to my library please let me know. The list is long and it has taken some time to find many of these books used so as to not break the bank. You might also ask how did you read all these books : I was told by my first permaculture teacher that if you are going to make a commitment to gaining knowledge that you need or want to acquire, you need to commit to reading at least 1 hour a night. I have done that and more and have more questions now than I began with.
This list is in no particular order:
Intro to Permaculture
Permaculture a Designers Manual
Gaia's Garden - a guide to home scale permaculture
Designing and Maintaining your edible landscape naturally
Gardening - When it counts ; growing food in hard times
How to grow more Vegetables - (and fruits, nuts, berries, grain, and other crops) Than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine
The Resilient Gardener - Food Production and Self Reliance in Uncertain times
The Ruth Stout: No-Work Garden Book
Water Storage - Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and beyond
Vol 1 and Vol 2
Edible Forest Gardens
Vol 1 and Vol 2
The Power of Duck
The Freshwater Aquaculture Book (Mclarney)
Tree Crops - A Permanent Agriculture
Water for Every Farm
The book of Bamboo (Farrelly)
Farmers of Forty Centuries - Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan
The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable
The One Straw Revolution - Masanobu Fukuoka
Worms Eat My Garbage
It will Live Forever : Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation
You Can Farm (Stalin)
The Owner-Built Home
The Integral Urban House
The Solar Greenhouse Book
The Passive Solar Energy Book
Craft Cider Making
Reference Books: (not fully read but skimmed for info)
Cornucopia II - A source book of edible plants
Plants a Plenty
The Fruit Garden Displayed
Seed to Seed
The Grafters Handbook
Deciduous Orchards
Low Cost Passive Solar Greenhouses
The Soapmakers Companion
Smart Soapmaking
All the books listed were good and informative but of all the books listed my favorites are:
The Power of Duck
The Freshwater Aquaculture book
The Integral Urban house
Farmers for Forty Centuries
Not just Permaculture but very much related.
As I finish additional reading I will be posting my additions.
