Brian Peters

Thank you for the great responses, I was so focused on physical books that I did not consider archiving information from the web.

My homestead will have solar power and I have many computers and a beast of a file server, I was also thinking DVD format might be a good idea.

Regarding the high prices of books, I have seen that already and don't mind paying for valuable information... if I know it is valuable information


EDIT** Anne, thank you for that book review link, I thought there might be something like that here but did not see it, thank you!!!

Hello all, I have been lurking these forums for a while and learned a few things, mostly learned that I have so much more to learn.

I recently purchased 80 acres undeveloped land and hope to start an off grid homestead there.

While the internet is full of information, I am concerned about future access to the internet and would like to build a library of physical books that cover everything a person needs to know to build and maintain
a self sufficient homestead.

By "self sufficient" I mean be able to raise and breed animals as well as gardening/farming where I breed the plants on my own with the idea that in worst case scenarios I do not need access to retail stores for seeds, fertilizers, baby animals, etc.

This is probably a very difficult goal to achieve, but I believe a worthy goal to strive for.

My question to the experienced and knowledgeable permies here is what books would you recommend I stock my library with?

Thank you so much in advance for any suggestions.

Brian.

** EDIT:  If it matters, the location of my homestead is in Eureka County Nevada, flat land, I desire to grow year round in green houses, as many as needed.