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FOOD
10 perennial veggies to grow.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-11-24/home-and-garden/17268636_1_jerusalem-artichoke-tubers-soups
14 tips for starting seeds
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/14-tips-starting-your-own-seeds
Solar energy greenhouse update (Manitoba/North China plan)
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/your_business/farm/solar_energy_greenhouses.pdf
Hairy Vetch
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/vetch.html
How to make apple cider vinegar.
http://www.uvu.edu/marketing/pdf/2010/oct-2010/slt-2010-10-10-d-006-antigone.pdf
Excellent article, and as a bonus, a recipe for baking lasagna using
polenta instead of noodles.
Beginning Farmers
http://www.beginningfarmers.org/
Making cider vinegar at home.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/pdf/5346.pdf
Apple Cider Recipe
http://thehealthyeatingsite.com/apple-cider-vinegar-recipe/
Aquaponic Gardening Community (forum and info)
http://aquaponicscommunity.com/
Vertical gardening
http://www.insideurbangreen.org/vertical-gardens/
Hand pollination of squash
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/gourds/msg0611545713356.html
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/vegetable/pollinate-squash-by-hand.htm
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs398
(and corn)
Fruit without pruning techniques
http://www.permies.com/bb/index.php?topic=2590.0
(forum discussion)
Reusable canning lids
http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/
Building hoop houses out of electrical conduit
http://chiotsrun.com/2010/04/17/building-hoop-houses-out-of-electrical-conduit/
Layman's guide to cultivating olives
http://www.mikpens.com/olive%20oil%20files/Cultivation%20and%20Care%20of%20the%20Greek%20Olive%20Tree.html
Growing grapevines from cuttings (video)
http://www.mikesbackyardnursery.com/2010/10/grow-your-own-grape-plants/
Herbs and Kids: links and info about herbs and kids
http://www.herbco.com/t-herb-gardening-guide.aspx
Winemaking
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/
Olive oil using a vertical press.
http://www.ferrari-tractors.com/PDF%20Articles/Olive%20oil%20using%20a%20vertical%20press.pdf
Food Storage Made Easy. Offers a free email class in food storage.
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/
The Story of Farming
http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/story-of-farming.htm
How to grow luffa: the natural sponge.
http://www.luffa.info/luffagrowing.htm
Growing and processing flax.
http://www.herbcompanion.com/Gardening/Flax-Growing-and-Processing.aspx
Growing flax
http://subsistencepatternfoodgarden.blogspot.com/2009/10/growing-flax.html
Vertical Veg: container and vertical growing of vegetables
http://www.verticalveg.org.uk/
How to regrow celery from the store.
http://rawfoodrehab.ning.com/group/thegarden/forum/topics/how-to-regrow-store-bought
Field dressing a deer: a pocket guide
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uk100.pdf
Canning pickles and saurkraut.
http://msuextension.org/publications/HomeHealthandFamily/MT200902HR.pdf
Growing potted patio fruit orchards
http://www.davewilson.com/homegrown/gardencompass/gc10.1_sept_oct_02.html
Edible flower chart
Recipes to make from hibiscus flowers
http://www.hibiscus.org/recipes.php
Ten ways to help pollinators survive.
How to make a bumble bee house.
Alan Chadwick Archive (one of the greatest horticulturists of the 20th
century)
http://web.mac.com/logosophia/Alan_Chadwick_Archive/Welcome.html
Transcripts of a few Alan Chadwick lectures
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/orgfarm/permaculture/Alan.Chadwick/
Leaf Snap: an field guide app
http://leafsnap.com/
Resources for Grass-based Dairy.
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/category/crops-and-livestock/dairy/
Seeder/planter links
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/ogs.htm
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/search.aspx?SearchTerm=Jang+seeder
http://backtothefarm.net/jang-seed-spacing-and-rollers.html
http://www.woodwardcrossings.com/Pages/Pages_11-04/Farm/Homesteading/Jang%20Seeders/JP-1.html
Seed links
http://www.mvseeds.com/
http://www.heirloomseeds.com/
http://www.stclareseeds.com/
http://www.horizonherbs.com/group.asp?grp=59&pgNUM=2
One Straw Revolution
http://www.onestrawrevolution.net/MasanobuFukuoka.htm
How to grow celery.
http://www.indepthinfo.com/celery/growing.htm
http://rareseeds.com/vegetablesa-c/celery.html
http://www.underwoodgardens.com/Celery/products/112/
Cover cropping systems for the South.
http://homesweetfarm.podomatic.com/entry/2011-01-31T13_17_35-08_00
A presentation at the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners 2011
conference. Audio presentation and powerpoint.
Alternative field crops.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Indices/index_ab.html
Guayule
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayule
Alternative plant source for latex rubber, grows well in the
southwestern US.
History of Farming
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfarm1.htm
Downloadable files on agriculture
http://www.mediafire.com/?b21b6jdhily3h
East Branch Ginger
http://www.eastbranchginger.com/
Source for ginger plant starts and info on growing ginger.
USDA Alternative Crops Database
http://plants.usda.gov/java/altCrops?entry=initial
MAKING STUFF
The Ginergy Books: everything (literally) you need to know to build
your own machine shop and tools starting with scrap metal.
http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/series/index.html
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, complete online 1881 edition
http://www.princetonimaging.com/library/mechanical-dictionary/
Hand-powered drilling tools
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/12/hand-powered-drilling-tools-and-machines.html
3 useful inventions
http://www.emilycummins.co.uk/about
Non-electrical refrigerator, water carrier, toothpaste tube dispenser
Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes (1872)
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpr00dickrich
Complete online text.
How to make a sword.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jasen01/armoury/warswords.htm
Cooley's Cyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information
(1892)
http://tinyurl.com/62yu2gg
Googlebooks pdf download
COMMUNICATIONS
Quick start guide to short-wave listening.
http://swling.com/QuickStart.htm
Short and basic, but complete.
BODY
CARE
From Nature with love
http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com/recipe/default.asp
Recipe database for body care products.
Frugal beauty tricks from our mothers' kitchens.
http://www.frugalmom.net/blog/beauty-fashion/beauty/frugal-beauty-tricks-from-our-mothers-kitchens/
EDUCATION
The Harvard Classics, a/k/a Dr. Elliot's Five Foot Shelf: 52 books
considered, in 1909, to be fundamental to becoming a learned person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Classics
101 ways to keep kids busy.
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/UA229.pdf
Manual for Civilization. From the Long Now Foundation, a list of
various attempts to preserve knowledge.
http://blog.longnow.org/2010/04/06/manual-for-civilization/
ENERGY
Wood-gas vehicles: firewood in the fuel tank
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/01/wood-gas-cars.html
Wood gas as an engine fuel
http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0512e/T0512e00.htm
Build your own windmill. Actually, it's a micro wind-membrance.
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2007/10/build-your-own.html
9 ways to start a fire without matches.
http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/29/9-ways-to-start-a-fire-without-matches/
How to make fire with a balloon.
http://www.primitiveways.com/fire_from_balloon.html
Wind Turbines
http://www.windturbinesnow.com
How to make a 16 brick rocket stove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSMR2ANIZ7E
Heating values of wood
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-combustion-heat-d_372.html
Video on building a biogas digester.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2SMQGUuY3g
Videos on Energy Issues (many videos!)
http://arcusepito.com/index.php?key=Aquaponics+System
Video on building an anaerobic digester, part 1
http://www.youtube.com/user/LordVaader#p/u/1/SrVC4XKR2s4
Toilet that makes biogas
http://www.cityfarmer.org/biogasPaul.html
BUILDING
How to build a floating trash island
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/how-to-build-a-floating-trash-island.html
How to build an earthbag house.
http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/resources.htm
The Submarine Shack: water cooled metal structures for desert
environments.
http://www.utopiasprings.com/submarineshack.htm
The secrets of Roman concrete.
http://www.romanconcrete.com/Article1Secrets.pdf
Wattle and daub building (England)
http://www.tonygraham.co.uk/house_repair/wattle_daub/WD.html
Rodent-proof construction.
http://elkhorn.unl.edu/epublic/live/g2017/build/g2017.pdf
Drains and feeding equipment.
Do it yourself home insulation.
http://www.diyhomeinsulation.com/
Free ebook on passive home construction.
https://www.thenaturalhome.com/passivesolar.html
Retrofitting a trailer house to be sustainable.
http://www.smallhousestyle.com/2011/01/18/sustainable-cabin-at-texas-tech-by-urs-peter-flueckiger/
PERMACULTURE
Free software for use in permaculture designs
http://permatechie.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/free-permaculture-design-software/
Rams Horn: a journal of food systems analysis
http://ramshorn.ca/
TRANSPORTATION
Bambook bike trailer
http://www.carryfreedom.com/bamboo.html
Build your own bike trailer.
http://greenknowe.org/content/build-your-own-bicycle-trailer
Extension Document Archives
Alabama Cooperative Extension
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/
Alaska Extension
http://www.uaf.edu/ces/
Arizona Extension
http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/
Arkansas Extension
http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/publications_list.asp
California Extension
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/
Colorado Extension
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/pubs.html
Connecticut Extension
http://www.extension.uconn.edu/
Delaware Extension
http://desu.edu/cooperative-extension
District of Columbia Extension
http://www.udc.edu/cooperative_extension/coop_ext.htm
Florida Extension
http://ifasbooks.ifas.ufl.edu/
Georgia Extension
http://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/office.cfm
Hawaii
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/site/BrowsePubs.aspx
Idaho Extension
http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edComm/catalog.asp
Illinois Extension
https://pubsplus.illinois.edu/
Purdue Extension (Indiana)
https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/
Iowa Extension
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/store/
Kansas Extension
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/p.aspx?tabid=16
Kentucky Extension
http://dept.ca.uky.edu/agc/pub_area.asp?area=ANR
Louisiana Extension
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/communications/publications/Publications+Catalog/
Maine Extension
http://extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu/ePOS?this_category=30&store=413&form=shared3%2fgm%2fmain.html
Maryland Extension
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Massachusetts Extension
http://www.umassextensionbookstore.com/store.php?crn=221
Michigan Extension
http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins2/department/publications-10118.cfm?killnav=1
Minnesota Extension
http://www1.extension.umn.edu/about/offices/
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http://msucares.com/counties/index.html
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http://extension.missouri.edu/main/DisplayCategory.aspx?C=1
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http://www.msuextension.org/
University of Nebraska
http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/index.jsp
Nevada Extension
http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/index.asp?Topic=Agriculture&Searchby=categorysearch&Searchtext=AG
New Hampshire Extension
http://extension.unh.edu/resources/
Rutgers Extension (New Jersey)
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/
New Mexico Extension
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/
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http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/about.html#
North Carolina Extension
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Oregon Extension
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Penn State Extension
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Rhode Island Extension
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South Carolina Extension
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/
South Dakota Extension
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Tennessee Extension
https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/Pages/default.aspx
Texas Extension
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Utah Extension
http://extension.usu.edu/
Vermont Extension
http://www.uvm.edu/extension/
Virginia Extension
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/
Washington Extension
http://extension.wsu.edu/locations/Pages/default.aspx
West Virginia Extension
http://www.ext.wvu.edu/county_offices
Wisconsin Extension
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/
Wyoming Extension
http://www.uwyo.edu/ces/
Canada (their equivalent of Extension)
http://www.cps.gov.on.ca/english/planmenu.htm
American Samoa Extension
http://www.amsamoa.edu/community.htm
Guam Extension
http://www.uog.edu/dynamicdata/CNASANR.aspx?siteid=2&p=371
Northern Marianas Cooperative Extension
http://crees.org/sec.asp?secID=1
Servicio de Extension Agricola (Puerto Rico, info in Spanish)
http://www.uprm.edu/agricultura/sea/
Virgin Islands
http://www.uvi.edu/sites/uvi/Pages/CES-Home.aspx?s=RE
MEDICAL
Where there is no dentist. (Complete online text.)
http://modernsurvivalonline.com/Files/medical/wtndentist_2010_Web_Full_Book.pdf
Nicotine withdrawal and recovery symptoms
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Symptoms.html
Smoking Cessation at About.com (this was the site I used when I broke
my 40 year 2 pack/day tobacco habit).
http://quitsmoking.about.com/
How to deliver a baby.
http://www.wikihow.com/Deliver-a-Baby
Website of James Williams: High Function Autism
http://www.jamesmw.com/
Excellent and practical resources for coping with and understanding
autism.
Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics
http://www.wheelessonline.com/
Complete online text. 11,000 pages, 5,000 images.
Convert a swimming pool to a greenhouse.
http://lotsoflifeinoneplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/greenhouse-in-swimming-pool-winter.html
Basic first aid.
http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dcbcs/bds/nurses/documents/firstaid.pdf
The Turkey Book
http://students.washington.edu/aomega/turkey.shtml
No, this is not mis-filed. The Turkey Book is "a manual for medical
students, by medical students, a compilation of helpful hints, high
yield facts,
and introductions to many clinical topics that you will encounter in
your clinical years of medical education.
Use it as a starting point and supplement with other more exhaustive
references as needed."
Natural approaches to treating radiation sickness and exposure.
http://www.naturalnews.com/031728_nuclear_contamination_glutathione.html#ixzz1GzCjzdhR
BLOGS
Modern Survival Online
http://modernsurvivalonline.com/
The Female Survivalist
http://thefemalesurvivalist.blogspot.com/
VETERINARY
Guide to dog symptoms
http://www.petplace.com/dogs/guide-to-dog-symptoms/page1.aspx
Guide to cat symptoms
http://www.petplace.com/cats/guide-to-cat-symptoms/page1.aspx
GENERAL
Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps
http://files.howtolivewiki.com/Dealing%20in%20Security%20JULY%202010.pdf
Method of analysis of risks, resilience, and to decide on
adaptations. Very good, must reading.
Guide to country living.
http://www.sccdistrict.com/c_life.htm
Top ten survival documents (complete online texts)
http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/12.10/downloads.html
Survival Database Downloads -- complete text of books and pamphlets
http://modernsurvivalonline.com/survival-database-downloads/
Large collection of online files relating to Fukuoka and Permaculture
http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/
Preppers info
http://preppers.info/Free_Downloads.html
Free downloadable files.
Emergency Home Preparation
http://www.emergencyhomepreparation.org/
GEAR
Really good base info.
http://www.adventurealan.com/
Gear list examples.
http://www.ultralightbackpacker.com/weights.html
http://www.brettonstuff.com/index.ph...king/gearlist/
http://www.the-ultralight-site.com/backpackinggear.html
http://onestep4me.tripod.com/gearlist.htm
Ultralight backpacking forums.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-...ums/index.html
Whiteblaze
homemade gear forum
Bplite DIY gear
VERMICOMPOSTING
Worm Digest. One of the largest portal sites for vermicomposting.
http://www.wormdigest.org/
Acme Worm Farm
http://www.acmewormfarm.com/index.html
Commercial site with info and supplies.
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How to make and take care of a worm neighborhood
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/neighborhood/index.html
Oregon Soil Corporation Reactor
http://www.klickitatcounty.org/solidwaste/FilesHtml/Organics/OscrJunior.pdf
How to make a worm bin from a tote.
FERTILITY
How to make a urine-diverting composting toilet.
http://ecovita.net/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/PrivyKit-Baja-Box-Directions.pdf
Toilets that make compost.
http://www.ecosanres.org/toilets_that_make_compost.htm
Managing cover crops profitably. (SARE)
http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition
Homemade liquid fertilizers
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/liquid-fertilizers-zm0z11zhun.aspx?newsletter=1&utm_content=03.11.2011+FG&utm_campaign=FG&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email#ixzz1FvOnIk5o
WATER
Guide
to rainwater harvesting.
Rain and Graywater Harvesting Systems
http://www.livingsol.com/index.php/home-energy-systems/rain-water-harvest-greywater-systems
Akvopedia (water and sanitation wiki)
http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
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