Homesteaders use a wide range of tools to make their country lives as self-sufficient...and comfortable...as possible. Tools to:

• RAISE chickens, sheep, rabbits, turkeys, a calf...
• MAKE sausage, cheese, dried foods, soap and leathers and furs...
• BUILD small barns and shelters, a pond, fences, a root cellar...
• GARDEN and weed and mulch and more...

But the most important tool of all is knowledge.

Having answers and ideas in your own well-stocked library is a luxury you can't do without. Both today, and for generations to come. The COUNTRYSIDE BOOKSTORE wants to help you enjoy the good life homesteading provides...and the pleasure and security that come with it.

So select a book...or two or more. Place your order through our secure shopping cart service and your book will be on its way in 24 hours or less. (Of course the order form can be printed and mailed if you prefer). But do it now so you too can begin to benefit from the most important tool in the country...KNOWLEDGE!

Animals & Livestock

...May Safely Graze ISBN: 0-92116-558-7 Focus on protecting sheep, cattle and goats from predation by coyotes and wolves.

A Way Of Life: Sheep Dog Training, Handling and Trialling ISBN: 1-903366-27-5 This book on sheepdog training gives full details of rearing, training and using working dogs.

All About Goats ISBN: 0-85236-094-0 Introduction to keeping goats by Veterinarian, John G. Matthews.

Backyard Livestock, Third Edition ISBN: 0-88150-760-1 Everything you need to know to raise wholesome & healthy family food animals.

Barnyard In Your Backyard ISBN: 1-58017-456-6 Primer for first-time farmers on breeding and raising health livestock.

Beekeeping: A Practical Guide ISBN: 0-88266-861-7x Learn how to acquire and manage a hive of bees, maintain their health, and harvest a successful crop of honey.

The Book of Geese ISBN: 0-93134-202-3 A Complete Guide to Raising the Home Flock

Chicken Health Handbook ISBN: 0-88266-611-8 Shows you how to do everything from hatch healthy chicks to identify diseases.

Chicken Tractor ISBN: 0-9624648-6-4 Use the Chicken Tractor to aerate the soil while removing pests and weeds, fertilizing the garden and providing great tasting eggs and meat.

The Farmer's Dog ISBN: 0-09156-121-3 The author shows both how to train your working dog and why those methods work.

Getting Started With Beef & Dairy Cattle ISBN: 1-58017-596-7 Successful Cattle Farming - Start Small, Start Right.

Goat Farming ISBN: 0-85236-235-8 This book combines science with practical experience to help you manage a commercial goat herd.

Goats of the World ISBN: 0-85236-347-8 Reference guide for those with an interest in goat breeds and their specializations.

Heeler Power: A Guide to Training the Working Australian Cattle Dog ISBN: 0-00001-000-0 A valuable reference source for owners of working dogs of any breed.

How to Raise Chickens ISBN: 0-76032-828-5 A great first-timer's guide to breed selection, feeding, keeping, and enjoying a flock.

Hive Management ISBN: 0-88266-637-1 Informative reference for the experienced beekeeper or novice wanting to start out on the right foot.

Husbandry ISBN: 0-96651-030-5 All aspects of animal husbandry discussed in this comprehensive book.

Keeping Livestock Healthy ISBN: 1-58017-435-3 A Veterinary Guide to Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Goats & Sheep

Lamb Problems: Detecting, Diagosing, Treating ISBN: 0-96339-230-1 This book presents an easy, quick system for detecting, diagnosing and treating commonly found disorders affecting lambs.

Livestock Guardians ISBN: 1-58017-696-8 Using Dogs, Donkeys & Llamas to Protect Your Herd

Livestock Showman Handbook ISBN: 0-96177-663-3 Complete guide to the care and management of animals for junior livestock shows.

Living With Chickens ISBN: 1-59228-013-7 Everything you need to know to raise your own backyard flock

Mad Sheep ISBN: 1-93339-276-2 The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm

Managing Your Ewe And Her Newborn Lambs ISBN: 0-96339-231-X Preparation for breeding and lambing reference.

The Mating and Breeding of Poultry ISBN: 1-58574-814-5 This reference book details all the necessities to becoming an accomplished chicken breeder.

The Merck Veterinary Manual - 9th Edition ISBN: 0-91191-050-6 2,300+ pages of handy reference material on all species. For veterinarians and serious livestock owners.

More Sheep, More Grass, More Money ISBN: 0-96827-720-9 An entertaining, informative primer on turning consistent profits raising sheep, without working yourself to exhaustion.

Natural Beekeeping ISBN: 1-93339-208-8 The best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive

Oxen: A teamster's guide ISBN: 978-1-58017-692-7 The definitive resource for selecting, training, feeding, and caring for the mighty ox.

Pastured Poultry Profit$ ISBN: 0-96381-090-1 Learn how to raise poultry on pasture from chicks to the market.

Raising a Calf for Beef ISBN: 0-88266-095-0 This no-nonsense how-to guide for beginners offers detailed information on choosing a calf, building and maintaining housing, nutrition, feeding, daily care, slaughtering, & butchering.

Raising Poultry on Pasture: Ten Years of Success ISBN: 0-97217-704-3 Pastured poultry, brooding, genetics, shelter designs, day-range systems, equipment, eggs on pasture and much more.

Raising Small Animals For Fun and Profit ISBN: 0-00000-000-6 This book will show you the basics of raising chickens, rabbits and goats, and set you on the path to what might well become an enjoyable, profitable and lifelong passion.

Raising Small Livestock ISBN: 0-48644-038-9 A classic and well-loved guide to raising poultry, rabbits, goats, sheep, and hogs.

Shearing Day ISBN: 0-96691-534-8 Learn Sheep Handling, Wool Science and Shearing with Blades from professional blade sheepshearer, Kevin Ford

Sheep Disease Management ISBN: 0-97047-040-1 Keeping sheep healthy through an understanding of sheep disease management.

Sheep Succe$$ ISBN: 0-96651-033-X Learn how to make raising sheep a profitable endeavor.

Showing Sheep ISBN: 0-9633923-2-8 A Selecting, raising, fitting and showing guide.

Small-Scale Livestock Farming ISBN: 1-58017-162-1 A natural, organic, grass-based approach to livestock management.

Storey's Barn Guide To Sheep ISBN: 1-58017-849-9 For all the times you need a helping hand in the barn, Storey’s Barn Guide to Sheep provides visual, step-by-step explanations of the basic procedures of keeping sheep.

Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle ISBN: 1-58017-327-6 All about facilities, breeding and genetics, calving and health care -- and even marketing.

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens ISBN: 1-58017-325-X Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.

Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats ISBN: 1-58017-259-8 Guide to all aspects of raising goats by Jerry (Jd) Belanger, a lifelong goat raiser, and former editor and publisher of Countryside & Small Stock Journal

Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks ISBN: 1-58017-258-X Comprehensive reference on raiding and breeding ducks.

Storey's Guide to Raising Horses ISBN: 1-58017-127-3 Reference book to raising horses for both the first time horse or the experienced horse handler.

Storey's Guide to Raising Llamas ISBN: 1-58017-328-4 Raising llamas for fun and profit.

Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats ISBN: 1-58017-661-5 An essential guide to acquiring, living with, caring for, and selling your meat goats.

Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs ISBN: 1-58017-326-8 Practical advice for buying, feeding, and caring for hogs, plus modern breeding and herd management.

Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry ISBN: 1-58017-263-6 Comprehensive and current information on all aspects of poultry raising.

Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds ISBN: 1-58017-667-4 Fowl facts and color photos galore. Everything you want to know about each breed's history, characteristics, and quirks.

Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits ISBN: 1-58017-260-1 Comprehensive reference guide for for both novice and veteran rabbit producer.

Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep ISBN: 1-58017-262-8 The Small-Scale Sheep-Raiser's Bible.

Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys ISBN: 1-58017-261-X Comprehensive reference on raising turkeys by University of Vermont Extension Poultryman.

Veterinary Book For Sheep Farmers ISBN: 1-903366-30-5 Practical manual focusing on the needs of sheep farmers and shepherds.

Wild Predators? Not in My Backyard! ISBN: 1-89443-910-4 Sound advice and sensible strategies for farm operators seeking protection from many species of wild predators.

Your Calf ISBN: 0-88266-947-8 For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising a calf.

Your Chickens ISBN: 0-88266-823-4 For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising chickens.

Your Goats ISBN: 0-88266-825-0 For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising goats.

Your Pony, Your Horse ISBN: 0-88266-908-7 For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising a horse or pony.

Your Puppy, Your Dog ISBN: 0-88266-959-1 For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising a puppy or a dog.

Your Rabbit ISBN: 0-88266-767-X For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising a rabbit.

Your Sheep ISBN: 0-88266-769-6 For youngsters 9 and up who are interested in raising a lamb or sheep.

Food Preparation & Storage

American Farmstead Cheese ISBN: 1-93149-877-6x A complete resource on making and marketing cheese.

Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game ISBN: 0-88266-391-7 Learn how to process and preserve beef, hogs, veal, lamb, venison, poultry, rabbits and small game.

The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest ISBN: 1-58017-458-2 Learn how to preserve your fruits, vegetables and herbs.

The Busy Person's Guide to Preserving Food ISBN: 0-88266-900-1 Easy step-by-step instructions for freezing, drying and canning.

A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing, and Smoking Meat, Fish, and Game ISBN: 1-58017-457-4 Learn the best ways of processing various meats for long-term storage using easy-to-follow procedures and approved shortcuts.

Dave Miller's Homebrewing Guide ISBN: 1-88266-905-2 Learn to make great-tasting beer - includes 33 recipes.

Dining on a Dime Cook Book ISBN: 0-97425-521-1 Tips and tricks for saving money and eating better.

The Farmstead Egg Cookbook ISBN: 978-0312354589 Professional chef and cooking instructor, Terry Golson, shares her knowledge of egg cookery plus 70 delicious recipes.

The Forager's Harvest ISBN: 0-97662-660-8 Learn to identify edible wild plants, when and where to harvest them and how to prepare them with this comprehensive and clearly illustrated guide.

Home Cheese Making ISBN: 1-58017-464-7 Equipment requirements and all aspects of the cheesemaking process.

Home Sausage Making ISBN: 1-58017-471-X Enjoy the pleasures of homemade sausage!

Keeping the Harvest ISBN: 0-88266-650-9 Learn how to preserve your fruits, vegetables and herbs.

The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook ISBN: 0-88150-247-2 Learn to make all sorts of delicious and nutritious breads, pastries, pastas, and desserts with this straightforward baking manual.

Lamb Country Cooking ISBN: 0-91466-716-5 This informative lamb cooking book contains over 100 recipes.

Making & Using Dried Foods ISBN: 0-88266-615-0 Instructions for drying almost everything with or without a commercial dehydrator - more than 200 recipes!

Maple Syrup Cookbook ISBN: 1-58017-404-3 A recipe book that substitutes maple syrup for sugar!

Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning ISBN: 1-93339-259-2 Explore traditional, more cost-effective and energy-efficient preservation methods.

Root Cellaring ISBN: 0-88266-703-3 How to plan and build a root cellar.

Seasoned With Grace ISBN: 0-88150-099-2 Varied and comprehensive selection of annotated recipes derived from oral tradition, manuscript sources and the world.

Serving Up the Harvest ISBN: 1-58017-663-1 A veggie cookbook with recipes arranged according to ripening seasons!

The Solar Food Dryer ISBN: 0-86571-544-0 Learn how to use solar energy to preserve your summer's harvest.

Wild Game Cookery ISBN: 0-88150-419-X Delicious new ideas for hunters, anglers, foragers and adventurous cooks.

Wildflour ISBN: 0-00002-000-0 Homespun recipes featuring a variety of whole grains.

Woodstove Cookery ISBN: 0-88266-108-6 Tips and hundreds of recipes to make woodstove cooking a joy.

Homestead Construction

Building With Stone ISBN: 0-88266-550-2 An introduction to the art and craft of creating stone structures and projects by a man who has made stonework his vocation.

Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters ISBN: 0-88266-245-7 Clear directions for low-cost construction projects.

Chicken Coops ISBN: 1-58017-627-5 Whether you're looking for fashionable, cheap, or recycled, you'll find clever coop plans here.

Cordwood Building ISBN: 0-86571-475-4 Learn the benefits and techniques of cordwood masonry and decide whether it is appropriate for your buildings plans.

Earth Ponds Sourcebook ISBN: 0-88150-612-5 Revitalize an old pond, or build a brand new one!

Fences for Pasture & Garden ISBN: 0-88266-753-X Fence construction showing various fencing materials and designs.

Got Sun? Go Solar ISBN: 0-96580-987-0 Installing a solar/wind system - an economically attractive and environmentally-responsible option.

Home Made ISBN: 0-88266-103-5 If you want to save time and money, or make your life easier and more productive, look through this book.

The Home Water Supply ISBN: 0-88266-324-0 Informative book on home water systems, potential water problems and practical, money-saving solutions.

How To Build Animal Housing ISBN: 1-58017-527-9 Evaluates your livestock housing needs and provides plans for housing structures and essential equipment.

How to Build Your Own Greenhouse ISBN: 1-58017-647-X From the simplest basics to a grand tropical enclosure, the author shows you every step in design and construction.

Logs, Wind and Sun ISBN: 0-96580-983-8 Guide to handcrafting your own log home and powering it from the wind and sun.

Low-Cost Pole Building Construction ISBN: 0-88266-170-1 Make pole building construction THE answer to your building needs.

Microhydro ISBN: 0-86571-484-3 Hydroelectricity - the simplest, most reliable and least expensive way to generate power off grid. Learn the ins and outs in this informative book on the subject

Monte Burch's Pole Building Projects ISBN: 0-88266-859-5 More than two dozen plans for pole building construction projects.

Power with Nature ISBN: 0-96580-989-7 Is renewable energy for you? Power With Nature is the book to answer that question.

Renovating Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings ISBN: 1-58017-216-4 Preserve the original charm of any barn or outbuilding while making it usable again!

Serious Straw Bale ISBN: 1-89013-264-0 Comprehensive guide to help designers, contractors, and owner/builders everywhere decide if straw bale is a viable building option for their situation.

Stone Primer ISBN: 1-58017-670-4 Learn how to choose the right stone for the right project, start building a few basic stone structures or tackle something more complicated—a stone barbecue or a backyard fountain

Timber Frame Construction ISBN: 0-88266-365-8 Learn how to build using natural timber frame construction techniques.

Timber Framing For the Rest of Us ISBN: 0-86571-508-4 Learn in depth timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owner-builders.

Wind Energy Basics ISBN: 1-89013-207-1 Detailed information on planning, purchasing, siting and installing a wind system, and integrating wind power with solar photovoltaics.

Gardening

Carrots Love Tomatoes ISBN: 1-58017-027-7 Grow a better garden when you know the secrets of companion planting!

Cold Climate Gardening ISBN: 0-88266-441-7 Select the right varieties, warm the soil, protect fragile shoots: It's all here -- and more.

Four-Season Harvest ISBN: 1-89013-227-6 Don't let the end of the growing season end your enjoyment of fresh homegrown produce and vegetables.

The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food ISBN: 1-58017-370-5 Grow your own nutritious organic food at home. A great resource for any gardener—all in one volume!

The Gardener's Weed Book ISBN: 0-88266-921-4 Control weeds using earth-safe methods.

Gardening When it Counts ISBN: 0-86571-553-X Easily grow food (and cut your food costs!) even on a small city lot.

Gardening with Guineas ISBN: 0-73920-250-2 Guinea fowl can help control pests in your garden. Learn all about raising these beautiful and useful birds.

The Garden Primer ISBN: 978-0-7611-2275-3 Jam-packed with useful information, old-fashioned common sense, and a lifetime's worth of experience, and is thoroughly revised and expanded to be 100% organic in its recommendations.

Growing 101 Herbs that Heal ISBN: 1-58017-215-6 Medicines straight from your own garden!

Growing Green ISBN: 1-93339-249-5 Get healthier crops without using slaughterhouse by-products or manures.

Herbal Remedy Gardens ISBN: 1-58017-095-1 Grow medicinal herbs even if your space and experience are limited.

The Humanure Handbook ISBN: 0-96442-583-1 A guide to composting human manure.

Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers ISBN: 1-58017-556-2 Easy, plentiful, foolproof vegetables using a system of pots!

Joy of Gardening ISBN: 0-88266-319-4 Learn gardening tips from one of the top gardening experts.

Let it Rot ISBN: 1-58017-023-4 The Gardener's Guide to Composting

Mulch It! ISBN: 1-58017-316-0 Learn how to create and use mulch in your garden.

Perennial Vegetables ISBN: 1-93149-840-7 Grow vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders—no annual tilling and potting and planting.

Roses Love Garlic ISBN: 1-58017-028-5 Discover how flowers help or hinder nearby vegetables and other flowers

Saving Seeds ISBN: 0-88266-634-7 How to raise, harvest and store seeds.

Secrets of Plant Propagation ISBN: 0-88266-370-4 Start your own flowers, vegetables, fruits, berries, shrubs, trees and houseplants

Seed Sowing And Saving ISBN: 1-58017-001-3 Save money by saving your own seeds from vegetables, herbs, and flowers

Tips for the Lazy Gardener ISBN: 1-58017-026-9 Time-saving tips and routines designed to reduce maintenance and make your garden more leisurely and enjoyable.

Tips for the Part-Time Gardener ISBN: 0-00000-000-7 Shows how to start your own transplants, build a cold frame, and grow and store vegetables

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible ISBN: 1-58017-212-1 Enjoy higher yields with less work by using the WORD system of gardening.

Homesteading

A Countryside Anthology ISBN: 0-9729661-1-0 Countryside & Small Stock Journal is a country magazine with a twist. A simple living magazine with an attitude. And now it is all in a book!

The Backyard Berry Book ISBN: 0-96345-206-1 Methods and techniques to successfully grow fruits and berries.

The Backyard Orchardist ISBN: 0-96345-203-7 Methods and techniques to successfully grow apples, pears, cherries, apricots and more.

Backyard Sugarin' ISBN: 0-88150-216-2 Learn to make maple syrup your own backyard without expensive paraphernalia.

The Blacksmith's Craft ISBN: 1-58017-593-7 A Primer of tools & methods

The Country Water Supply ISBN: 0-00004-000-0 The essentials of collecting, moving, storing, purifying and protecting your water supply.

Country Wisdom Almanac ISBN: 978-1-57912-774-9 Divided into the four seasons, Country Wisdom Almanac presents 373 ways to live a more self-sustained life year round.

The Dandelion Celebration ISBN: 1-87986-351-0 Learn the colorful history, medicinal potential, nutritional benefits and hundreds of uses for dandelions in your life.

The Encyclopedia of Country Living ISBN: 0-91236-595-1 Practical advice, invaluable information and collected wisdom for folks and farmers in the country, city, and anywhere in between.

The Have-More Plan ISBN: 0-88266-024-1 The historical book that encouraged thousands to go "back to the land" to find a better life.

The Herbal Home Remedy Book ISBN: 1-58017-016-1 Simple recipes for tinctures, teas, salves, tonics and syrups.

Homesteading Adventures ISBN: 0-96520-361-1 An entertaining and informative account of over 20 years of self-sufficient country living.

Hooking With Yarn ISBN: 1-88198-229-7 Yarn can add a new visual dimension and expanded tactile appeal to any hand-hooked project.

The Complete Hydraulic Ram Manual ISBN: 0-00003-000-0 A ram pump how-to book.

The Ideal Homestead ISBN: 0-0000-000-5 Uncover planning tips for The Good Life, your own goals and site preference, permanent plantings, livestock, buildings and more.

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants ISBN: 0-688-11425-3 Find and use delicious wild edible plants for optimum nutrition and better health.

Making Your Small Farm Profitable ISBN: 1-58017-161-3 Plan efficiently, buy the right equipment, explore new markets, and make your farm be the best it can be.

Milk-Based Soaps ISBN: 0-88266-984-2 Learn the time-honored secrets of making moisturizing, skin-nourishing soaps with milk!

Mortgage-Free! ISBN: 0-93003-198-9 Radical strategies for home ownership

The Natural Soap Book ISBN: 0-88266-888-9 Learn to make herbal and vegetable-based soaps

The New Woodburner's Handbook ISBN: 0-61399-911-8 A guide to safe, healthy and efficient woodburning

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands ISBN: 0-97724-640-X Learn the guiding principles to create a water-harvesting plan specific to your site and needs.

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Vol. 2 ISBN: 978-0-9772464-1-0 A how-to guide for harvesting free rainfall, runoff, air conditioning condensate, and greywater within the soil.

The Renewable Energy Handbook ISBN: 0-97332-330-2 A guide to rural energy independence, off-grid and sustainable living.

The Shepherd's Rug ISBN: 0-88196-014-4 Learn to make and market heirloom quality rugs from your wool.

Stonework ISBN: 0-88266-976-1 A manual that will inform, entertain, and inspire anyone using or working with stone.

Storey's Basic Country Skills ISBN: 1-58017-202-4 Over 150 expert authors contributed their specialized knowledge and experience in creating this large reference guide to living a more independent, satisfying life in the country.

Tan Your Hide! ISBN: 0-88266-101-9 Learn to tan your own leather and furs.