Essential reading
| The New Complete Book of Self-sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers E.E. Schumacher (Foreword), John Seymour | Urban Dreams and Rural Realities: One Couple's Pursuit of the Good Life Bel Crewe, Daniel Butler |
| Fat of the Land John Seymour | The Forgotten Arts and Crafts John Seymour |
| The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-sufficient Living Helen Nearing, Scott Nearing | Backyard Self-sufficiency Jackie French |
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Allotments
| National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners |
Allotment books
| Practical Allotment Gardening: A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs on Your Plot Caroline Foley, Clive Nichols (Photographer) | The Allotment Handbook Sophie Andrews |
Association / Society Links
Bees
| British Beekeepers Association |
Building books
| The Whole House Book: Ecological Building Design and Materials | Out of the Woods: Ecological Design for Timber Frame Self-build Pat Borer, Cindy Harris |
Composting books
| Easy Composters You Can Build Nick Noyes | How to Make Soil and Save Earth Allan Shepherd |
| Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System Mary Applehof, Mary F. Fenton (Illustrator) |
Cooking books
| The River Cottage Cookbook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Simon Wheeler (Photographer) | The River Cottage Year Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall |
| The Boxing Clever Cookbook Jacqui Jones, Joan Wilmot |
Fencing books
| A Guide to Stock Fencing Andy Radford |
Food for Free books
| Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean (Illustrator) | Wild Food (Natural History Photographic Guides) Roger Phillips |
| Food for Free Richard Mabey | Edible Plants (Pocket Reference Guides) Pamela Forey, Cecilia Fitzsimons |
| Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan Original) Roger Phillips, Lyndsay Shearer, Derek Reid (Editor), Ronald Rayner (Editor) | Collins How to Identify Edible Mushrooms Robert Gillmor, Nicholas Hammond, Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon, Gill Tomblin |
| Peter Jordan's Wild Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Visual Encyclopedia of Mushrooms: How to Identify, Prepare and Cook Them Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler | The Easy Edible Mushroom Guide David Pegler |
| Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants Lee Allen Peterson | Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants Bradford Angier |
| Really Wild Food Guide, The: Or 350 & Ways to Wok the Wild Marcus Harrison (Editor) |
Frogs
| Froglife |
Fuel books
| Power Plants Brian Horne |
Herbs books
| Bellamy's Herbal David Bellamy | Jekka's Complete Herb Book Jekka McVicar |
| The Pleasure of Herbs: A Month-by-month Guide to Growing, Using and Enjoying Herbs Phyllis Shaudys | "Flora Britannica" Book of Wild Herbs Richard Mabey |
| Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham | The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies David Hoffman |
| Culpeper's "Complete Herbal": A Book of Natural Remedies for Ancient Ills Nicholas Culpeper | Culpeper's Colour Herbal Nicholas Culpeper |
| DK Handbook: Herbs | Handbook of Medicinal Herbs James A. Duke |
Holidays
| Organic Places to Stay | WWOOF |
Insects books
| Collins Field Guide: Insects of Britain and Northern Europe Michael Chinery | Collins Wild Guide: Insects Bob Gibbons |
John Seymour books
| Fat of the Land | The Forgotten Arts and Crafts |
| Bring Me My Bow | The New Complete Book of Self-sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers |
Livestock books
| Small-scale Livestock Farming: a Grass-based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit Carol Ekarius | The Complete Book of Raising Livestock and Poultry Katie Thear (Editor), Alistair Fraser (Editor) |
Mushrooms books
| Collins How to Identify Edible Mushrooms Robert Gillmor, Nicholas Hammond, Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon, Gill Tomblin | Peter Jordan's Wild Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Visual Encyclopedia of Mushrooms: How to Identify, Prepare and Cook Them Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler |
| Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms: Revised & Updated Paul Stamets | Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide: a Handbook for Psilocybin Enthusiasts O.T. Oss, O.N. Oeric |
| Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean (Illustrator) | The Complete Mushroom Book: The Quiet Hunt Antonio Carluccio |
| Mushrooms and Mankind: The Impact of Mushrooms on Human Consciousness and Religion Arthur James | The Easy Edible Mushroom Guide David Pegler |
| Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe Roger Phillips, Lyndsay Shearer | The Practical Mushroom Encyclopedia: Identifying, Picking and Cooking with Mushrooms Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler |
Organic gardening books
|
An Organic Gardener's Experience Philip Clarke |
Successful Small-Scale Farming Karl Schwenke |
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Bob Flowerdew's Organic Bible Bob Flowerdew |
The New Organic Grower Eliot Coleman, Paul Hawken |
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Fork to Fork Monty Don, Sarah Don |
The Organic Garden Book Geoff Hamilton |
Kitchen Harvest - Susan Berry |
The Organic Salad Garden Joy Larkcom |
| Organic Gardening Franklin W Dixon | The Origins of the Organic Movement Philip Conford PhD |
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Organic Gardening Pauline Pears, Sue Stickland |
The HDRA Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening |
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Organic Gardening for the 21st Century John Fedor |
The RHS Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Michael Pollock |
| Organic Gardening with Love Thelma Barlow | The Vegetable Gardener's Bible Edward C. Smith |
| Organic Living Michael Van Straten | This Organic Life Joan Dye Gussow |
| Organic Living in 10 Simple Lessons Karen Sullivan | Your Organic Garden Jeff Cox |
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Pippa's Organic Kitchen Garden Pippa Greenwood |
Ponds books
| Creating Garden Ponds and Water Features Debbie Roberts, Ian Smith | RHS Practicals: Ponds & Water Features |
| Garden DIY Water Features (Garden DIY) Mark Edwards, Chris Maton | The Royal Horticultural Society Water Gardening (RHS) Peter Robinson |
| "Ground Force" Water Garden Workbook Charlie Dimmock | The Water Gardener John Brookes (Foreword), Anthony Archer-Wills |
| Ponds and Water Gardens Bill Heritage | The Wildlife Pond Handbook: A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Your Own Wetland for Wildlife Louise Bardsley |
Poultry books
| The Complete Book of Raising Livestock and Poultry Katie Thear (Editor), Alistair Fraser (Editor) | Poultry House Construction Michael Roberts (Illustrator), Sara Roadnight (Editor) |
| Chickens at Home Michael Roberts (Illustrator), Sara Roadnight (Editor) | Starting with Chickens Katie Thear |
| Starting with Geese Katie Thear | Free-range Poultry Katie Thear |
| Keeping Quail: A Guide to Domestic and Commercial Management Katie Thear | Incubation: a Guide to Hatching and Rearing Katie Thear |
Sites of interest
| Centre for Alternative Technology | Schumacher UK |
| Do-it.org.uk |
Slugs books
| The Little Book of Slugs Allan Shepherd (Editor), Suzanne Galant (Editor) |
Smallholdings
| Cornish Guild of Smallholders | North Yorkshire Smallholders Society |
| East Riding Smallholders' Society | The Smallholding Centre (Wales) Esate Agents |
| Evans Bros (Wales) Esate Agents | Three Counties Smallholders Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire |
| Northumbria Smallholders Association |
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Snails books
| Farming Snails: Learning About Snails: Building a Pen, Food and Shelter FAO Better Farming Series |
Solar Heating
| The Very Efficient Heating Company |
Solar Heating books
| The Solar Home: How to Design and Build a House You Heat with the Sun Mark Freeman | The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-responsive, Energy-independent Home Steven J. Strong, William G. Scheller |
| The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home James Kachadorian | Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home Ramsey |
| Easy Guide to Solar Electric Adi Pieper | Solar Water Heating: A DIY Guide Paul Trimby |
| Understanding and Installing Your Own Solar Electric System ebook |
Tobacco
| Plantation House |
Toilet books
| Lifting the Lid: An Ecological Approach to Toilet Systems Peter Harper, Louise Halestrap | Sewage Solutions: Answering the Call of Nature Nick Grant, Mark Moodie, Chris Weedon |
Tree books
| Tree Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide to the Healing Power of Over 150 Trees Peter Conway | Cassell's Trees of Britain and Northern Europe John White, David Moore (Illustrator) |
Vegetable plants / seeds Links
| W. Robinson & Son |
Vegetable books
Walling books
| A Guide to Dry Stone Walling Andy Radford |
Water Power books
| Water and Wind Power Martin Watts | Energy Forever?: Water Power Ian Graham |
Wind Power books
| Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems Paul Gipe | Windpower Workshop Tim Kirby (Foreword), Hugh Piggott |
| It's a Breeze: A Guide to Choosing Windpower Hugh Piggott |
Woodcraft links
| The Working Woodlands Trust |
Woodland books
| Traditional Woodland Crafts Raymond Tabor |
Worm books
| Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System Mary Applehof, Mary F. Fenton (Illustrator) | Earthworms Sims |
| The Worm Book: The Complete Guide to Worms in Your Garden Loren Nancarrow, Janet Taylor | Biology and Ecology of Earthworms C.A. Edwards, P. Bohlen |
| Vermicology: Biology of Earthworms S.A. Ismail | Earthworms for Gardeners and Fishermen Kevin Handreck, Ken Lee |
| Earthworms for Ecology | |
| I Wonder What it's Like to be an Earthworm Erin M. Hovanec (For kiddies) | Earthworms (Read and Learn) Lola M. Schaefer (For kiddies) |
Essential reading (continued)
| A Farm of Our Own: A Spiritual Journey Running a Smallholding Graham R. Irwin | Kind of Living: Practical Guide to Self-sufficiency Katie Thear |
| Cottage Economy William Cobbett | Scenes from a Smallholding Charles Quentin Griffin |
| Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management Maurice G. Kains | Self-reliance: A Recipe for the New Millennium John Yeoman |
| From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Foods Monty Don, Sarah Don, Simon Wheeler (Photographer) | Successful Small Scale Farming Karl Schwenke |
| Home Farm Paul Heiney | The Lazy Kitchen Gardener John Yeoman |
| How to Grow More Vegetables (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops) John Jeavons | The Smallholder's DIY Michael Roberts (Illustrator), Sara Roadnight (Editor) |
| How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-sufficiency Piers Warren, Chris Winn (Illustrator) | The Smallholder's Manual Katie Thear |
