Interesting Reading

• Saving Vegetable Seeds for Next Year:

  With vegetable seed saving, a few extra steps, and simple ones at that, will keep your garden growing next year.

• The Femivore’s Dilemma – Modern Women & Backyard Chickens:

  Femivorism is grounded in the very principles of self-sufficiency, autonomy and personal fulfillment that drove women into the work force in the first place.

• Run-In Shed Checkup:

  Routine inspection and maintenance will keep your horses' run-in shed safe and sound.

• Winterizing the Farm:

  Winterizing the farm: your home, barn, livestock and equipment with this advice. Come the first storm of the season, and you’ll be glad you did.

Recommended Book List

Poultry

• Keep Chickens!

  by Barbara Kilarski

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Poultry

  by Leonard S. Mercia

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens

  by Gail Damerow

Pigs

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Pigs

  by Kelly Klober

Sheep & Goats

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats

  by Jerry Belanger

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Meat Goats

  by Maggie Sayer

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep

  by Paula Simmons and Carol Ekarius

Cattle

• Essential Guide to Calving

  by Heather Smith Thomas

• The Cattle Health Handbook

  by Heather Smith Thomas

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle

  by Heather Smith Thomas

Rabbits

• Storey’s Guide to Raising Rabbits

  by Bob Bennett

Horses

• The Horse Training Problem Solver

  by Jessica Jahiel

• The Horse Nutrition Handbook

  by Melyni Worth

• Horsekeeping Almanac

  by Cherry Hill

Multi-Species

• Small-Scale Livestock Farming

  by Carol Ekarius

• Keeping Livestock Healthy

  by Dr. N. Bruce Haynes

• Barnyard in Your Backyard

  by Gail Damerow

• Human Livestock Handling

  by Temple Grandin