Books about prepping

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   I thought we used to have a thread with books listed, but I looked and didn't see one. If we do someone can move this, if not we are starting one. Please share the titles of any good books you have read regarding prepping for emergencies, gardening for food, home canning, anything you might feel relevant for any of our audience here.

I was at a 40% book sale today and picked up "The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading" for $5. It looks like a pretty good read.

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Penham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Moderator Joined: February 09 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Penham Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Books about prepping Posted: August 06 2016 at 3:50pm
	I thought we used to have a thread with books listed, but I looked and didn't see one. If we do someone can move this, if not we are starting one. Please share the titles of any good books you have read regarding prepping for emergencies, gardening for food, home canning, anything you might feel relevant for any of our audience here. I was at a 40% book sale today and picked up "The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading" for $5. It looks like a pretty good read.

jacksdad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Executive Admin Joined: September 08 2007 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 47251	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacksdad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 06 2016 at 5:05pm
	Actually, I think General Discussion is a great place for this, Penham. Nothing wrong with having a subject like this front and center in my opinion. Prepping can be incredibly confusing. Having someone point you in the direction of the more useful literature on the subject is invaluable. And hard copies will be essential in an emergency that leaves the internet disabled and the power grid down. Not a prepper book per se, but I'll start with a recommendation from KiwiMum. It's called Lost Countryside Life by Dorothy Hartley, and is a beautifully written account of society in the centuries preceding the 16th century. Among other things, it details agricultural methods and food production, and offers an insight into just how much work it took to survive in a much simpler world.
	"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.

hachiban08 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Moderator Joined: December 06 2007 Location: California, USA Status: Offline Points: 15627	Post Options Post Reply Quote hachiban08 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 06 2016 at 5:51pm
	A book I have in my kindle app is about herbal medicine: Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs, a beginner's guide. It's so helpful and useful. There might be a paperback version too.
	Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v

Medclinician Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Valued Member Since 2006 Joined: July 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 23322	Post Options Post Reply Quote Medclinician Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 09 2016 at 9:15am
	Much overdue for complettion, I am trying to get all my books rolled out before Christmas.
	"not if but when" the original Medclinician

Penham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Moderator Joined: February 09 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Penham Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 11 2016 at 7:44pm
	I ordered a book I have been looking at for a couple of years now, going back and forth whether I wanted to order or not and I finally did. It's an older book, called "Possum Living" it's about how to live without a job on little or no money. I thought it might be an interesting read and maybe give some ideas on "thinking outside the box". I'm anxious to get it now that I've actually ordered it.

Littlesmile Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: July 18 2016 Location: Northern irelan Status: Offline Points: 1815	Post Options Post Reply Quote Littlesmile Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 12 2016 at 12:15am
	Thank you for these book ideas :-) Had been looking for similar ones.
	:-)

KiwiMum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Joined: May 29 2013 Status: Offline Points: 29670	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiwiMum Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 13 2016 at 2:51pm
	I use a great old American book for all my canning requirements. It tells you how to bottle anything, and most importantly, how to safely bottle/can meat. I would recommend everyone gets a copy, because canned goods are temperature stable which means you can store them in a cupboard rather than a freezer. Combine that with the purchase of the All American aluminium canner (it's the only one that doesn't have a rubber gasket that will eventually perish) and you've got all you need to preserve food without the use of any electricity. I use my canner on top of my woodstove. The book is Stocking up, how to preserve the foods you grow naturally. by the staff of Organic Gardening and Farming, edited Carol Hupping Stoner. 1977.
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Penham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Moderator Joined: February 09 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Penham Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 13 2016 at 3:12pm
	Here are a few more that look like they might be of interest, but I have not read any of them or ordered any of them yet. Has anyone else read any of these? Living Well On Practically Nothing ISBN# 978-1581602821 Poverty Prepping ISBN# 9781480238954 Dirt Cheap Valuable Prepping ISBN# 9781508402091

hachiban08 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Moderator Joined: December 06 2007 Location: California, USA Status: Offline Points: 15627	Post Options Post Reply Quote hachiban08 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 13 2016 at 5:26pm
	I might need all 3 of those books, Penham with the way the economy is going. I ordered my dehydrator too and it should be here tomorrow. It was 24$ off original price on Amazon.
	Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v

Penham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Moderator Joined: February 09 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Penham Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 22 2016 at 5:50pm
	I found this book on Amazon, but have not ordered it yet, but it looks interesting. I think I will order this one next. "How To Survive Without A Salary"

Penham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Moderator Joined: February 09 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Penham Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 23 2016 at 5:02pm
	Here's another one "Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat" ISBN: 978-1-58160-747-5