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  • The Weekend Homesteader

    A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency

    by Anna Hess ...
    The Weekend Homesteader is organized by month—so whether it’s January or June you’ll find exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Ultimate Guide to Soil

    The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 3 - Permaculture Gardener
    Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or in your window!Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If you’ve ever been envious of your neighbor’s dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is perfect for you.The book begins with a personality test ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Growing into a Farm

    Before the Walden Effect

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 4 - Modern Simplicity
    "This is a love story in three parts about how I ended up with much more than I bargained for, and grew beyond the person I thought I'd be."Anna Hess spent her early childhood chasing ornery cows back into the barn, eating all of her family's strawberries before they got ripe so she didn't have to share them, and climbing sap-riddled pine trees. The reality of farm life seemed to be summed up in ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Weekend Homesteader: Spring

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 5 - Weekend Homesteader
    Twelve months to self-sufficiency!This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Personality Tests For Your Soil

    The Ultimate Guide to Soil, #1

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 1 - The Ultimate Guide to Soil
    Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or even in your window!Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If you’ve ever been envious of your neighbor’s dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is the perfect fit for you.This first volume in the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Getting Started With Your Working Chicken

    Permaculture Chicken, #1

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 1 - Permaculture Chicken
    Get ready for your new flock in thirty minutes or less!This short, sweet, and self-sufficient guide shows beginners how to keep chickens as part of a rural or urban homestead. Learn everything you need to know to get started on your poultry adventure, with quick answers to frequently asked questions like:What kind of chickens should I get?Which color eggs are best?How many chickens should I get ... Read more

    Free

  • Soil Amendments for the Organic Garden: The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home

    The Ultimate Guide to Soil, #4

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 4 - The Ultimate Guide to Soil
    Feed your garden and your garden will feed you.This final installment in The Ultimate Guide to Soil series walks new and advanced gardeners through using dozens of amendments for fertilizing, mulching, and conditioning the organic garden. Hess starts with traditional materials like compost and cover crops, branches out into permaculture goodies such as biochar and hugelkultur, and comes full ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Building a DIY Chicken Waterer

    Bringing Poop-free Poultry Water to the Backyard

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 5 - Permaculture Chicken
    Clean water for healthy chickens!Are you tired of filthy waterers in your coops and tractors? Do you want to keep your flock hydrated in the winter when traditional waterers freeze? Or perhaps you'd like to give your flock something to do so they don't pick on each other?The creators of the Avian Aqua Miser share tips and tricks from over a decade of experience in this image-heavy ebook. From easy ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Weekend Homesteader: April

    Weekend Homesteader, #1

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 1 - Weekend Homesteader
    Twelve months to self-sufficiency!This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether ... Read more

    Free

  • Small-Scale No-Till Gardening Basics

    The Ultimate Guide to Soil, #2

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 2 - The Ultimate Guide to Soil
    Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or even in your window!Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If you've ever been envious of your neighbor's dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is the perfect fit for you.This second volume in the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • $10 Root Cellar

    And Other Low-Cost Methods of Growing, Storing, and Using Root Vegetables

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 3 - Modern Simplicity
    1/10 of an acre can feed you all year!The easiest way to grow more of your own calories is to focus on roots like potatoes and carrots. With yields of up to 200 calories per square foot, you can break your reliance on the grocery store with just a few seeds or starts and a shovel. Most root crops are easy to store through the winter and require no special harvesting or processing equipment.So why ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Homegrown Humus

    Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden

    by Anna Hess ...
    Series Book 1 - Permaculture Gardener
    Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil's organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who plow their soil every year and are willing to spray herbicides. You can get all of the same benefits in a ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD