Free Homesteading Books

[Olduvai]

I found this http://www.peakoilstore.com/forum/index.php?topic=7066
Someone found a whole mess of free downloadable homesteading type books.You might want to read the list of subjects before trying to download them from here
http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD/
as they are really big files you might not want to bother if the topics don't interest you.

[Olduvai]

I had to post an update on this one. I finally got all of it and have started the huge task of printing it all. THIS IS GOOD!


here is a partial list of the subjects and titles someone else posted, I thought it could give everone a better idea of what was here before they tackled the job of getting it.

beekeeping
cheesemaking
composting
gardening and permaculture
horticulture
grain growing
food preservation/processing
aquaculture
oil extraction
rabbits
goats
mules
horses
ducks
geese
cattle
pigs
poultry
sheep
draft animals
solar cooking
water sources and purification
greenhouses

a barefoot doctors manual
general surgery
anesthesia
dentistry
the scythe book
DIY printing methods
leather tanning
paper making
soap making
textile dyeing
weaving and spinning
making footwear
making glassware
forge work/metal casting
welding
water pumps
using tools
making tools
metal working
wood working
blacksmithing
earth building
wood building
stone building
brick making
road building(with hand tools)
thatching
animal drawn transportation
animal drawn farm implements
boat building
auto maintenance
mechanics
bicycles and trailers
$50 underground house book
solar power
wind power
microhydro power
wood gas generators
biogas
solar water heating
alchohol fuels
mechanical water power
animal driven power gear
stoves
steam power
well construction
agroforestry
plans for a lot of the above subjects

[Archangel]

There was a thread at another location you might want to post this there also
Michael

[Brosia]

thanks. I'll check it out when I get to my home computer... I've been printing out pages from everywhere on the 'net to gather this sort of info, having it in one place is great.