My Favorite Books for Natural Healthy Living

Here is a list of the books I talk about in the video. I think this is the correct order.

Field Guides: (Note: these will need to be chosen based on your own region. Mine focus mainly on eastern North America.)

“A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and Northcentral North America,” by Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny, 1968 (but any edition would work)

“Reader's Digest North American Wildlife,” by a whole bunch of scholars, artists, and editors, 1982

Cookbooks:

“Simply in Season: Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of More-with-Less,” by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert, 2009

“More-with-Less Cookbook: suggestions by Mennonites on how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources,” by Doris Janzen Longacre, first printed in 1976. My edition is the 41st printing, which was done in 1993

Herb and Natural Healing books:

“Let's Get Natural with HERBS: The most complete A-Z reference guide to utilizing herbs for health and beauty,” by Debra Rayburn, published in 2007 by Ozark Mountain Publishing in Huntsville, AR.

“The New Healing Herbs: The classic guide to nature's best medicines,” by Michael Castleman, 2001 (This book is from Rodale publishing, who put out a lot of good books for people wanting to live naturally. I just don't own very many of them.)

“Modern Essentials: A Contemporary Guide to the Therapeutic Use of Essential Oils,” published by AromaTools in 2012

“The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies,” by C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. 1999 (Barnes and Noble)

“Prescription for Nutritional Healing” by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC 2000

General Homesteading and Homespun Philosophy:

“Carla Emery's Old Fashioned Recipe Book,” by Carla Emery, 1976, I think, although that page is gone. This book has been republished repeatedly over the years because it is so thorough and so well-written, and now goes by the name, “The Encyclopedia of Country Living.” Every homesteader and homesteader wannabe needs a copy of this book, in my opinion.

“The American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy,” by Mrs. Child, 1833. My reproduction copy was published by Applewood Books in Bedford, MA. We found it in a gift shop at a historic site.

[sarahbodelljones]

your hair looks good mama! i think its important to have books like these on hand cus when shtf we lose our beloved internet and power

[sarahbodelljones]

can i borrow or copy your more with less book?