These are some of the books we benefitted from in understanding homesteading and beginning our homesteading life.
Joel Salatin—(also has a website, YouTube videos, and several podcast resources available)
The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs (not really about pigs…but rather “Respecting and Caring for all God’s Creation”)
The Sheer Ecstasy of being a Lunatic Farmer
You Can Farm
Pastured Poultry Profits
Salad Bar Beef
Gardening book list…
The Backyard Homestead (Storey)
Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion (Shane Smith)
The Year-Around Hoophouse (Pam Dawling)
Month-By-Month Gardening in Indiana (James A. Fizzell)
Other books…
Stocking Up (preserving food…by Carol Hupping and the staff of the Rodale Food Center)
Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees (Malcolm T. Sanford and Richard E. Bonney)
Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game (John J. Mettler Jr., DVM)
Naked Calories (Mira Calton, CN and Jayson Calton, PhD)
The Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food (Jessie Hawkins)
The Healing Power of Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs (Reader’s Digest)
Vitamins & Minerals (Sara Rose)
All Your Health Questions Answered Naturally:2 (Maureen Kennedy Salaman)
Kitchen Cures (Reader’s Digest)
Websites…
http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/
Mother Earth News
https://www.motherearthnews.com/
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar
Urban Farmer
https://www.ufseeds.com/learning.html
Johnny Seeds
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/growing-center.html
The Self-Sufficient Home Acre
https://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/
Hobby Farms