Just Plain Good Living (link source)

Came across this earlier from a list I visit. Worthy site for homesteading this and that :o)
Just Plain Good Living

Homesteading

Homesteading Links

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Animals

All things related to animals

• Breeds of Livestock - (Covers about all kinds of animals and all breeds-good site for information)
• Getting Started with Pigs - (by C. J. Mouser)
• Goats and More Goats - (Miniature and Full Sized Goats)
• Horses - (Many links to working horse breeds)
• McMurray Hatchery - (to Purchase Chicks)
• Miniature Cows/Cattle - (All Kinds)
• Raising Rabbits - (All Kinds)
• Selecting and Starting Chicks - (by Joan Hoadley)
• Southern Oregon Soay Sheep Farms - (Just Sheep)
• Swine Information - (especially for 4-H)

Blogs

On homesteading

• A Homesteading Neophyte - (in Kansas)
• At Home - (in Alaska)
• Birth of a Homestead - (in Vermont)
• Hollis Homestead - (in Utah)
• Homestead Mercantile - (in Idaho)
• Introduction to Homesteading - (Get rich slowly)
• Lisa and Jim's Real Estate Blog - (in Nevada)
• Lloyd's Blog - (in California)
• Not So Virtual Homestead - (in New Jersey)
• Sarah's Homestead Blog - (in Oregon)
• Smallest House in the World - (interesting blog)

Building

Building your own homestead

• Designing Your Ideal Homestead - (Ideas on planning)
• Do It Yourself - (Do It Yourself)
• Earthwood Building School - (A school to teach cordwood building)
• Fine Homebuilding - (By The Taunton Press)
• Green Home Building - (building today for tomorrow through recycling materials)
• Hammer Zone - (Do it yourself website)
• How to Homebuilding - (House Design, Building, Plans)
• How To Magazines and Books - (Home Improvement Library)
• How to Build an Original Log Cabin - (Hard Work)
• Inexpensive Cabins, Houses and Cottages You Can Build - (Plans can be purchased-worth checking)
• Information on Timber Framing - (from Foner Books)
• Monolithic Dome Homes - (and Institute)
• Outhouse Privys - (and everything you need to know about 'em)
• Pouring and Finishing Concrete - (A good guide)
• Rammed Earth is for Everyone - (Example from India)
• Ron Hazelton's Housecalls - (Home improvement online)
• The Barn Pages - (Anything and everything about barns and more)
• Tipis - (Have an interest in teepes?)
• Yurts - (What is it?...alternative housing!)

Crafts

General

• All About Sewing - (From Amateur to Professional)
• All Furniture Floor Glides - (Rubber/plastic glides, etc. for furniture of all sorts.....rubber tips for canes also)
• Antiquing Wood Crafts - (by Pagewise)
• Brazos Walking Sticks - (quite a selection)
• Canes - (How to make a simple one)
• Carving the Wood Spirit Faces - (Information for the beginner)
• Diamond Willow Sticks - (Finished and unfinished sticks)
• Free Craft Patterns - (Website)
• Gone to Pieces - (Quilt shop)
• How to Make a Handmade Quilt - (by Pagewise)
• Kentucky Walking Sticks - (Looking for a hand carved walking stick?)
• Learn to Knit and Crochet - (Here's help)
• Learning Knot Head Carving - (by Jim Burnell)
• Making a Wooden Cane - (by Betty Rahbar from Northwest Carver's Association)
• Making your own Soap/Candles - (by Pagewise)
• Quiltbus - (The Quilt Store that comes to your door)
• Rugmaker's Homestead - (all about making rugs of all sorts)
• Whistlecreek - (Canes and walking sticks galore for those who are interested)
• Whittling as a Hobby - (by Lawrence Spinak)
• Woodcraft - (Commercial but a little of everything in wood and crafts)
• Wood Spirits - (by Lois Henry)
• Would You Like to Carve Wood? - (Designed for the beginner by Brian Graham)

Energy

Alternative forms of energy

• Home-Built Wind Power - (Interesting)
• Home Power - (Solar Energy)
• Hot Water Simply - (Very Simple)
• OnLine Solar - (if they don't have it, you can't get it)
• Other Power - (build your own turbine)
• Solar Power for RV's - (Excellent Information for small homes-cabins as well)
• We've Gone Solar - (by Thomas J. Elpel)

Equipment

Homesteading equipment

• Antique Tractors Online - (Excvellent source)
• Burden's Sales Company - (Surplus Center-all kinds of mechanical equipment)
• Dremel - (Great little tool for the craftsman...can be used in many ways)
• Farm Collector - (Dedicated to the Preservation of Vintage Farm Equipment)
• Gas Engine Magazine - ()
• Harbor Freight - (Tools)
• Homestead Equipment - (Tractors)
• Husqvarna Equipment - (Excellent equipment where you get a lot more for the same money)
• Northern Tool and Equipment - (and More)
• Order Tree - (Need parts for lawn-garden equipment, power sports-outdoor power products or power tools? Includes most manufacturers))
• Poulan Products - (Great equipment at affordable prices)
• Sawmill Equipment - Thin blade mill priced reasonably and simple to use)
• Sears Parts Direct - (Parts for a lot of stuff-even what Sears does not sell)
• This Old Tractor - (Need help with your old iron?)
• Tractor Data - (Three point hitch information and tons and tons more)
• Tractor Supply Company - (Farm, Animal, Clothing Supplies and More)
• Umberger's of Fontana - (Excellent farm store)
• Utter Power - (Consider small engines)
• Yesterday's Tractors - (Old Iron)

Foods and Preparations

(Recipes Galore)

• Cooking on a Woodstove - (by Karen L. Zlattner)
• Dietrich's Meats - (Great products and help for the hunter in meat preparation)
• Fine Cooking - (by Taunton Press-for people who love to cook)
• Food Safety and Quality - (and frequently asked questions)
• Home Canning - (Pure and Simple)
• Laudermilch Meats - (About anything you could want in the food business and goooood!)
• Local Harvest - (Buy locally from farmers market, etc. Get a listing)
• Mountain Folk Recipes - (Recipes from the mountain folk)
• Orange Crate Food Company - (Wonderful seasonings and bread dips and much more)
• Recipe Archive - (Index)
• Recipe Gold Mine - (Clones various restaurants recipes)
• Recipe Source - (Ethnic cuisines by region or recipes by type of dish)
• Simply Switch On - (from the past)
• Taste of Home - (A magazine devoted to home cooking without the ads)
• Teri's Kitchen - (Lots of ideas)
• The Cook's Thesaurus - (Cooking Encyclopedia)

Gardening

Growing your own goods

• Dave's Garden - (tons of information)
• Direct Gardening - (Online for seeds and plants of all sorts)
• Eating out of your Garden - (by Sue Robishaw)
• Garden and Greenhouse Magazine - (a lot of free information)
• Gardener's Choice - (many unusual things)
• Growers Supply, Div. of Farmtek - (Commercial site but has many type greenhouses)
• Heirloom Acres Seeds - (Seeds of all sorts)
• Homestead Garden - (And More)
• Homestead Harvest - (And More)
• Hot Pepper Wax - (protect your plants against insects, etc)
• How to Gardening - (By Pagewise)
• Root Cellars - (by Earth-House-excellent site)
• Root Cellars - (by Walton Feeds-extremely informative)
• Starting From Seed - (Seed Chart A to Z)
• The Garden Helper - (excellent site on gardening)

General

General homesteading info

• Build and Maintain Your Own Trails, Roads and Driveways - (by Neil Shelton))
• Changing Jobs/Changing Life - (Definitely should be Thought About)
• Downward Mobility and the Other - (by Bob Corbett)
• eHow - (Clear instructions on how to do just about everything)
• Emergency - (Preparedness)
• Essay on Homesteading, Self-Sufficiency and Simple Living - (Different)
• Freedom, Flexibility and an "Alternative" Life - (by Sue Robishaw)
• Homesteading Blunders - (worth reading)
• How Not to Become a Homesteader - (Think about it)
• How to Clean Anything - (Useful Information)
• How to Maintain a Dirt Road - (by Marjorie Burris)
• It Takes Time To Acquire Homestead Tools And Experience - (Good Article)
• Life Without Money? - (Really?)
• Look Before you Leap - ()
• Mobile Homesteader's True Dream for Retirement - (A picture in color)
• Thoughts on Voluntary Simplicity - (Worth Reading)
• Tiny Tiny Houses by Lester Walker - (Excellent book with forty examples) (ISBN 0-87951-271-7)

History

Homestead Histories and Information

• Early Day-Homesteaders - (in Canada)
• Homesteading in Alaska - (In the middle 1900's)
• Homesteading Years in Alberta - (Late 1800's to mid 1900's)
• Hornbek Homestead of 1800's - (About a Strong Woman)
• Life on a Homestead - (early 1900 in Canada)
• Native American Dwellings - (and much more)

Home Heating

Types

• Antique Stoves - (Commercial site but does have many different stoves and good information)
• Brooder House Heaters - (Something a little different from the old ways-many wicks available))
• Firewood & Heating with Wood-includes Equipment - (Good information)
• Four Dog Stoves - (Check it out-for cooking or heating with a water jacket)
• Harman Stoves - (Commercial site local to Harrisburg, Pa.)
• Hearth Net - (Definitely a commercial site but has a lot of information)
• Hearthstone Stoves - (Wood and gas stoves)
• Heating with Corn - (It's worth checking)
• Heating with Wood - (Good Information)
• Kerosun-Toyotomi - (Parts-Information for portable kerosene heaters)
• North Forge Home Heating - (Great people-we've been dealing with them for over 30 years)
• Sawdust Burner - (You might want to check it out)
• Tips for starting a coal fire - (by Hearth.com)
• US EPA on Clean Burning Woodstoves and Fireplaces - (Consider the environment)
• Vermont Castings - (Commercial site)
• Wood Burning Efficiency and Safety - (by US EPA)
• Wood for Heat - (A good place to learn how to burn wood better)
• Wood Fuel Encyclopedia - (Worth reading)
• Woodheat.org - (speaks for itself)

Homestead Related Shopping Links

General

• Andy H Weaver Co. - (Many interesting and unusual items)
• A Listing of Online Country Stores - ()
• Cumberland General Store - (in Alpharetta, Ga)
• Kauffman's Hardware and Countryware - (carries many items the Amish use locasted in New Holland, Pa.)
• Lehman's - (in Kidron, Ohio)

Lumbering

Tree Cutting and safety

• Chainsaw Safety - (and a lot more)
• How to Fell a Tree using a Chainsaw - (and much more)
• Safety Tips - (before cutting any trees)
• Tons on Chainsaws, Safety and Cutting - (Don't miss this one)

Magazines

Online homesteading magazines

• American Small Farm - ()
• Backwoods Home - (Very Good)
• Countryside Magazine - (Excellent)
• Down to the Roots Magazine - (A new magazine definitely worth checking)
• Farm and Ranch Living - ()
• Featured Articles from Past Issues - (of Countryside)
• Grit - (Stories of American Life and Traditions)
• Herb Companion - (A magazine devoted to the interests of avocational herb gardeners, cooks, crafters and general enthusiasts.)
• Mother Earth News Magazine - (Excellent)
• Rural Heritage - (Bi-monthly journal to support small farmers and loggers who use horse/mule/ox power)
• Small Farmers Journal - (Draft horse farming)
• Whole bunch of past articles - (from Backwoods Home)

Medical

(along with home remedies)

• Forgotten Medical Cures - (of the past)
• Health.com - (A bit commercialized but a great source of free information for health in all aspects))
• Introduction to Doctors Home Remedies - ()
• Sleep Like a Baby - (How to get better sleep by MSN Health)
• Vitamin D myths, facts and statistics - (Interesting and vitamin D is free?))
• Wrong Diagnosis - (Check it out...it might be worth it))

Websites that Promote Homesteading

(More Information)

• About---Frugal Living - (A bit commercialized but contains a lot of information)
• Country Life - (and More)
• Family Homesteading Advocate - (Simple Living for the Rural and Urban Homesteader)
• Frugal Cottage Living and Homesteading - (Well worth checking out)
• Home Planet - (Globalcircle)
• Homestead Organization and Resources - (Rural Living and More)
• Homesteading Information Site - (Well done!)
• Journey to Forever - (Very interesting!)
• Kountry Life - (Kountry Skills)
• Many Tracks-Homesteading - (Lots of Information)
• Natural Life - (Canada)
• Path to Freedom - (1000 links to homesteading)
• Seeds of Knowledge - (Old Fashioned Living)
• Self-Sufficiency and Homesteading - (excellent information for the wannabee)
• Sugar Mountain Homestead - (check it out)
• Suite101-Simple Homesteading - (Contains a lot of varied information)
• The Family Homestead - (with Crystal Miller)
• The Good Life Center - (A site that perpetuates the work of Scott and Helen Nearing....worth checking for anyone interested in homesteading and much more)
• The Small Farm Resource - ()

Woodworking

(from beginner to professional)

• Amateur Woodworker - (Lots of information)
• Amazon Exotic Hardwoods - (Great place to get exotic woods)
• Bell Forest Products - (figured and exotic woods)
• Dale the Burl Guy - (All kinds of wood, burls, slabs, etc. A great guy to deal with.....I have!)
• Dowels On Demand - (Need wooden dowel rods?...Here's the guy to get 'em from...anything and everything!...Great to deal with!)
• Exotic Wood Group - (All kinds of information about exotic woods and much for sale)
• Fine Woodworking Magazine - (by Taunton Press)
• Free Woodworking Plans - (with photos)
• Griffin Exotic Woods - (Pictures showing exotic woods)
• Jeff Greef Woodworking - (lots of information)
• LumberJocks - (very impressive!)
• Woodzone - (Glossary of Woodworking Terms)
• Wood Carving Illustrated - (How to magazine for carvers)
• Wood Terms and Examples - ()