Bountiful Gardens books on Self Sufficiency & Survival – Start with Biointensive sustainability

Self sufficiency is a relative thing in our modern world. It can be as small and simple as a tomato plant in a container - a small crop of fresh tomatoes can be a wonderful and inspiring thing! Complete self sufficiency is another thing entirely - will require the right circumstances, a lot of knowledge, and complete commitment to have a chance of success! You have to choose where your comfort zone is along this continuum. We do recommend that you seek some self-sufficiency - it is hard to find a greater satisfaction! Survival is a hot topic these days, and means different things to different people. How much to get by for how long? Self sufficiency is one answer, but in our Willits valley we are always working towards survival as a community. What books to include in this category? There is an argument for nearly every book we offer. We were strongly tempted to include How To Grow More Vegetables because you are not going to survive without a sustainable organic garden. What we have included though, are the most obvious books - directly about survival and self-sufficiency, basic tools, water management, and so on. Highly recommended: The Encyclopedia of Country Living - a true omnibus practically written by Carla who lived it her whole life.

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BGE-1340

A Survival Acre

Linda Runyon, 1985, 42 pp.
50 worldwide wild foods and medicines. Linda Runyon writes about 50 wild plants that are common nearly everywhere. Sections on teas, medicines, foods, and salad greens, with information on harvesting, preparing, storing, and recipes. Maps of a typical garden layout also give good ideas on how to incorporate useful wild plants into a home garden.

$15.00

BFO-1720

Acorns and Eat ‘em

Suellen Ocean, 1993, 86 pp.
Suellen Ocean, who worked in our shipping room a few years ago, has long been an admirer and eater of acorns...also she is an excellent vegetarian cook. Acorns were the major food staple of the original residents of our land here, the Pomo, and we have even found their grinding tools left behind alongside our creek. Includes information about oak trees and acorns, how to harvest, prepare and use them in many delicious recipes. Suellen wrote this book in part to show that preparing and cooking acorns is not hard, and tastes great.

$16.00

BPL-1830

Deerproofing Your Yard and Garden

Rhonda Massingham Hart, 2005, 199 pp.
Dealing with unwanted deer is frustrating and challenging for even the most patient of gardeners. which repellents work and which don't? How long do they last? Which plants are truly deerproof? In this updated and revised edition, the author shares the latest research on deer behavior and food preferences, as well as her hands-on experience in successfully combating deer, from choosing the best fence to planting the most deer-detested plants.

$14.95

BFO-1765

Flour Power

Marleeta Basey, 2004, 288 pp.
From the cover: Qucik, Easy, and Inexpensive The only complete guide available on the subject of home milling. If you are looking for a whole-grain health bonanza with just a few minutes of kitchen time, you've picked the right book! Modern flour mills and bread machines turn breadmaking into a task no more complicated, nor expensive, than grinding beans and brewing breakfast coffee. Flour Power tells you how to compare, locate and buy one of the dozens of different mills on the market, how to buy the "right" wheat and how to make delicious, light whole meal loaves - every time. Guaranteed Whole-Grain Health Why bother grinding flour at home? Flour Power explains why virtually all commercial flours (even "whole wheat") have lost fiber, vitamins, mineral, enzymes and phytochemicals during processing and storage. A diet rich in whole grains has been linked to vastly improved health, but in many cases researchers aren't absolutely certain which components in the whole grain are actually doing the good work. The only safe way to get all the health benefits is to eat all the grain. Flour Power also tells you how to: -make a gourmet cook euphoric -replace "bad" carbs with "good" carbs -add whole-grain health to low-carb diets -roll oats at home -ensure food self-sufficiency in case of natural disasters -get whole grains in the diets of gluten sufferers -grind flour manually, if you prefer -grind wheat, corn, rye, beans, spelt, quinoa, even peanut butter -prepare healthful (and delicious) quick breads, cakes, cookies, muffins, cornbread and -much more from home-milled flours

$24.95

BSE-1849

Food Security and Sustainability

Harvest McCampbell, 2008, 144 pp
Not just focused on food, this is a primer on survival from someone who has retained a lot of important lessons from her grandmother based in the 1800s, from the point of view of one who lives with nature comfortably. It is a question book, asking you questions about how you would live under more primitive conditions, with the sense that asking the question is most of the answer. Thoughtful discussions of basic tools and supplies to think about other than food, and how to prepare for fire and flood.

$12.00

BGE-1570

Handy Farm Devices How to Make Them

How to Make Them
Rolfe Cobleigh, 1996, 288 pp.
Reprint of a classic guide from the early 20th century, including instructions for making poultry equipment, a lightweight orchard ladder, a small truss bridge, an easy fence-post and stump puller, several types of gates, a wood splitter, and even a bicycle-powered washing machine. Nostalgic and useful information from “the golden age of American farming.”

$16.95

BGE-1324

Homegrown Whole Grains

Homegrown Whole Grains
Sara Pitzer, 2009, 168 pp.
Growing whole grains is simpler and more rewarding than most people imagine. With only 1000 square feet of land, you can grow 50 pounds of wheat, which can then be baked into 50 loaves of fresh bread. Complete growing, harvesting, threshing, grinding, and storing instructions. Also recipes for cooking with the most popular whole grains: wheat, corn, barley, millet, oats, rice, rye, spelt, and quinoa.

$14.95

LHO-6717

How To Grow More Vegetables Book and all 3 basic seed collec

How To Grow More Vegetables Book and all 3 basic seed collections. If you want a sustainable garden this is the book to start with! Our Grow biointensive method of growing is very popular with backyard gardeners who want to get the highest yield from their limited garden space, while imrproving their soil. Our method is also the best way to grow all your food in a complete diet. This collection contains the book and all the seeds you need to grow a model of a complete diet while feeding the soil. Book and 15 pkts. NAME: How to Grow More Vegetables and fruit, nuts, berries, grains and other crops) than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine DESCRIPTION: A fully revised, updated and expanded edition of the book that helped revolutionize food production around the world, and in our backyard gardens. Yes, it is possible to grow fresh vegetables for a family of four on the front lawn! The classic book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening for beginners to advanced gardeners. The most complete and practical book of its kind, proven effective in all types of garden conditions. This book is every gardener’s guidebook to healthier and more beautiful gardens. This major revision updates everything, with the most current information, techniques and data, as well as important current topics like soil sustainability and the future of farming. All charts and plans are updated; the bibliography is expanded by 25%; more help in working toward sustainable soil fertility is included. Best of all, an index has been added to make the book easier to use, which readers have requested for many years. Everyone who has used and enjoyed previous editions will want this book--the best thing any gardener can do for their garden! “...possibly the most detailed explanation of the Intensive gardening method available.”-The New York Times NAME: Vegetable Seed Collection DESC: One packet each of the following: Derby Snap Beans, Golden Bantam Corn, Bronze Arrow Lettuce, Rutgers Tomato, Sugar Baby Watermelon, Nantes (Tip Top) Carrot, Straight Eight Cucumber, Haogen Melon, Southport White Globe Onion, White Lisbon Green Onion. 10 pkts. NAME: Calorie Crops Collection DESC: One packet each of the following: Hard Red Spring Wheat, Taylor’s Dwarf Bean, Hulless Oats. 3 pkts NAME: Compost Crop Mix DESC: Ecology Action Special Mix – For years we have been recommending a formulation of fava, vetch, wheat and rye as a particularly beneficial compost crop for your garden. We are now offering this as a pre-mixed packet of wheat, vetch, and rye, along with a separate packet of favas, which are planted separately.

$45.75

BGE-1352

Linda Runyon's Master Class on Wild Food Survival DVD

Linda Runyon's Master Class on Wild Food Survival DVD
Linda Runyon, 2009, 3 hours
A charming and very informative video! You are with master forager Linda Runyon in her living room as she shares an amazing amount of information on over 80 wild foods. What makes this DVD special is the visuals, and all the additional information she imparts: about foraging, about properly preparing them. She really imparts the sense and taste of wild collecting! Includes a full transcript of this master class, and a handy glossary of wild terms.

$30.00

LME-6725

Medicinal Herbs Collection

People love our culinary herb collection, so we’ve added a collection of medicinal herbs. An assortment of basic herbs for wellness and first aid. Easy to grow, no fancy propagation required. Contains Ashwaganda, Chamomile, Calendula, Echinacea, Burdock, Mullein, Tulsi, Valerian, Yarrow. 9 pkts.

$16.80

BSE-1850

Natural Beekeeping

Ross Conrad, 2007, 246 pp.
“Organic approaches to modern apiculture” is the subtitle of this book. With our precious bees in trouble right now, anyone interested in keeping bees should read this book before beginning. Includes a complete discussion of all the pests and diseases that affect bees and natural ways to work with them.

$35.00

LPE-6733

Permaculture Set-Gaia’s Garden Book with permaculture seed c

BOOK: Gaia’s Garden A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, Second Edition: How To Grow More Vegetables… shows you how to intensively and sustainably grow high yielding crops in a very small space. Gaia's Garden shows you how to make the rest of your yard into a self-sustaining "food forest." Permaculture Collection—-Edible landscaping that is permanent and self-sustaining is called permaculture. It makes the garden easy to care for by designing like nature—with a mix of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, and annuals that create good growing conditions for each other. They also create habitat for wildlife. This collection is for those who think long-term; it contains seed for trees, bushes, perennials, and annuals that are easy to grow with minimal care once established. (Germination and seedling growth will be slow at first, and trees and shrubs may need stratification; instructions included.).) Contains asparagus, elderberry, currant, raspberry, wild grape, self-heal, winter savory, rhubarb. 8pkts

$55.70

BGE-1590

Primitive Technology:

A Book of Earth Skills, Society of Primitive Technology
Edited by David Wescott, 1999, 232 pp.
A collection of articles by members of the Society of Primitive Technology, who work to learn and teach the ancient skills of making shelter, tools, weapons, ropes, baskets and more, from bone, stone, wood, and plants. Fascinating for anyone wanting to learn more about very basic self-sufficiency. Many drawings and photographs. The authors have done serious research into techniques and materials used by our ancestors.

$25.95

BSE-1845

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands

Volume 1: Guiding Principles
Brad Lancaster, 2006, 179 pp.
Filled with illustrations and examples, this is an excellent introduction to the harvesting, storing, conserving and use of water in gardens and landscapes. Excellent for gardeners in arid regions, and useful for others as well, especially as we face climate change. Includes lots of good ideas for layout of property, paving and plantings to direct water into the garden area and away from the street, and ways to use greywater in the garden. NOTE: Greywater should be used for trees and shrubs, not vegetables. Laws regarding rainwater capture vary from state to state. Readers in colorado especially will need to work around applicable laws.

$24.95

BSE-1846

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands

Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks
Brad Lancaster, 2008, 419 pp
The continuation of the good work begun in volume 1, above. Earthworks are simple, inexpensive strategies and landforms that passively harvest free rainfall, water runoff, air conditioning condensate, and greywater within the soil. Integrated vegetation then pumps the water back out in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, timber, and passive heating and cooling, while controlling erosion, increasing soil fertility, reducing downstream flooding, dropping utility costs, and improving water and air quality. What's not to like? Methods that really work! NOTE: Greywater should be used for trees and shrubs, not vegetables. Laws regarding rainwater capture vary from state to state. Readers in colorado especially will need to work around applicable laws.

$32.95

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