tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post4069705984430645425..comments2023-10-24T11:39:30.499-04:00Comments on Inside Storey: Win a Complete Homesteader’s LibraryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-89689462720813948342012-11-04T19:35:22.764-05:002012-11-04T19:35:22.764-05:00my wife and i are expecting our first child and we...my wife and i are expecting our first child and we want our child to be raised right. i just want to have the knowledge to care and support them when times become rough.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17819985576896260442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-22083081514630402882012-09-20T14:55:31.213-04:002012-09-20T14:55:31.213-04:00This is a great collection of books and materials....This is a great collection of books and materials. I would like to be awarded this prize as I will soon be unemployed and in need of ways to make myself feel like a contributing member of our household.<br />For the past 17 years I have added to my families financial income. I was quite shocked when they told us that our division would be dissolved at the end of October. With the job market being pretty bleak in my area, I immediately began to think of ways to contribute to my families well being even if I'm not out there in the workplace bringing home the bacon, so to speak...<br />Over the past few years I've introduced gardens and fruit trees to our yard. I've brought home chicks to provide us with eggs and this winter I will attend our local "bee school" to learn about raising honeybees. <br />I am a reader and researcher by nature and learning about self sufficiency has been exciting for me, the more I learn, the more I want to learn and will devour those homesteading books with relish (homemade relish that I've canned myself hopefully). <br />The authors of these books are my personal heroes. Folks just like me making taking control of their consumerism and making self reliance happen in their lives and the lives of others by sharing what they know. They pave the path with their experiences good and bad, making it smoother and just a little more possible for those of us who follow....2houndnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05406644652158155603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-64812051282531829122012-09-18T09:31:19.080-04:002012-09-18T09:31:19.080-04:00This would help so much in our adventures in begin...This would help so much in our adventures in beginning to homestead! Chicken raising, goat milking, gardening, soap making and more...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-39507709479559975702012-09-17T18:49:24.187-04:002012-09-17T18:49:24.187-04:00I continued to learn throughout my travels and upo...I continued to learn throughout my travels and upon returning to Iowa. I spend the growing seasons in the dirt to make my living both financially and spiritually, but I read and travel when I can in the winter months. It helps to give me more determination, hope, and inspiration to build a sustainable institution where children can learn to learn and love to learn so they are rightly prepared for whatever the university or the world presents them. It will be a place that layman and scholar can learn new ideas and skills while continuing to hone those existing, and where eventually, surely long after my death, there will be a university that can be an inspiration to the rest of the world. Hopefully, it will inspire before then.<br /><br />I want so deeply to build upon this dream. My grandparents own 40 acres of land that I am purchasing over the next couple of years. It has a prairie and a substantial pond. It has many trees and natural history that could engage even the most uninterested person. However, it also has about 22 acres that are being used for conventional agriculture. Visiting this acreage one time, I felt a stronger tinge of something I have been feeling for some time. <br /><br />I realized that I am experiencing yet another word that I learned! "Toska," as Vladimir Nabokov describes it, has no English equivilant. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.” I realized that I was indeed feeling this.<br /><br />I have a deep desire to learn, teach, share. It is agonizing. It aches. I want so terribly to grow things, grow people, grow myself. Every food or plant I discover that tastes good or provides beauty in some way, every person I meet that is actively pursuing a deeper understanding of the universe around them and the universe inside them, and every new bit of knowledge I learn that helps me gain insight is one less level of toska.<br /><br />I eat greatly because I work hard to grow healthy, sustainable foods that are both highly nutritional and highly spiritual in nature. I read often because I have food that nourishes my brain and soul in a basic, but not easily understood way, so I can continue to nourish my brain and soul in hopes to someday understand it all. I grow many healthy, sustainable foods in part because of your books, Storey Publishing (and in part of some good weather and luck to boot).<br /><br />From this set, I have two books, "Country Wisdom & Know-How" and "The Garden Primer." Along with many other books, including a few others from you, I've been able to turn my tenth-acre urban lot into a seemingly 10-acre urban lotusland, and I have been able to better plan for turning my 40-acre dream into a 40-acre reality.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Goodmond<br /><br />goodmond dot danielsen at gmailGoodmondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-11204168018558521972012-09-17T18:48:53.934-04:002012-09-17T18:48:53.934-04:00When I was a child, I dreamed of owning a castle. ...When I was a child, I dreamed of owning a castle. In this castle, I imagined a huge kitchen where my family, friends, and I would always have food, never allowing us to go hungry. I imagined a library where we could have all of our favorite books, never giving us an excuse to be bored. I imagined this castle sitting on a tract of land full of forests and prairies and endless opportunities to play hide-and-seek, never thieving us of our love of adventure.<br /><br />Since then, my image of such a grand palace has been refined many times. I realized that in order to have such a kitchen, I would have to supply it. I realized in order to have such a library, there would need to be people to read it. I realized that in order to have such a vast land, I would have to learn how to manage it. Coming to these realizations hasn't made my dream less obtainable. In fact, these realizations have made it more so.<br /><br />I realized that what I want isn't a castle, it is a school. I want a school where people can come and learn, especially young people. With a deep interest in education, I realize that ours in this country is not of the quality it once was. I know that this dream can change that. In order for it to do so, I realized that I need to come up with a plan for an educational center. This institution has to be sustainable. It has to be a place where people can live permanently, and work and learn and have a school where their children can too. I realized that I need people to make this kitchen, library, and land not into separate ideas, but into a concept. However, I will have to learn about each of these things in turn to help make this institution a reality.<br /><br />I spent and still spend much time learning about culinary art and the science of food, education and the acquisition of knowledge, and permaculture and the act of managing the land (and learning when it is best left alone). Through these main areas of study, I came across practices and processes that fascinated me. Many of them have been around for centuries and have evolved over time. They are interwoven through life and politics, and it will surely be that way as long as civilization exists.<br /><br />I learned about agriculture from its humble beginnings many of thousands of years ago to the controversial place it stands in our society today. I spent time traveling around Iowa, where I grew up, and the midwest to better understand what kind of role agriculture plays in my life and in the lives of many others through the economy, lifestyle, and nutrition. I traveled to Europe and specifically to Italy, where part of my blood is from, to understand why the Slow Food revolution originated where it did, and what impact that has on Italians, both young and old, and the rest of the world. I learned the word "Torschlusspanik" from a German friend. There is no direct translation, but it is something like the fear a person has of diminishing opportunities as time goes by. A lot of the people of the food movement in Italy had this feeling as they saw how agriculture was being made into an commercial or industrial concept, and there was panic. They understood that there was a more wholesome approach to feeding the world literally and figuratively. The instilled this panic in me without me realizing it.<br /><br />In those same travels, I awed at the architecture that has held up through some of the worst times in human history, and wondered at the loss of the architecture that didn't. I learned the Portuguese word "Saudade" from a friend in the Netherlands that, again cannot be directly translated. It is this terribly deep longing for something or someone you love which or who, respectively, is long lost. I felt that feeling for the buildings that were once beautiful and since destroyed. They were connections to some of the people that helped to figuratively and literally build the feelings and ideas we are still influenced by today.Goodmondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-68930278027589450562012-09-17T18:14:54.096-04:002012-09-17T18:14:54.096-04:00Hi, My name is Mavis and I currently feed my famil...Hi, My name is Mavis and I currently feed my family for $100 a month through the use of coupons, gardening, and bartering with my neighbors. <br /><br />My goal this year was to try and grow 2,000 of fruits and vegetables in my back yard. <br /><br />The growing part comes pretty naturally, it's the preserving part I could use a little more help with. <br /><br />We own chickens, but I'd like to learn more about livestock, beehives and and growing food for my family during the late fall and winter months. <br /><br />Knowledge is power, and the more I can learn about being self sufficient, they better my family will be in the long run.<br /><br />This giveaway would be a great help.<br /> mavishttp://onehundreddollarsamonth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-92143068142549635282012-09-17T12:19:22.613-04:002012-09-17T12:19:22.613-04:00A few years after getting married we recognized ou...A few years after getting married we recognized our mutual desire to live more sustainably - as we defined what this meant to us, we found ourselves crafting a plan that included living off little and taking steps in our lives to respect and give back to the environment. A few years later, we have a plan that has be designed by us, for us. We have been working our way to making this a reality since. In 2009, we took the biggest leap for our homesteading future – we purchased our property which we call White Sky Woods. We are so passionate about our goals, we have dedicated a website and blog to it to continue to keep us inspired on our journey (www.whiteskywoods.com). As we continue to prepare our property for our big move to live off the land, we live frugally, save every penny possible, and practice and educate ourselves (through reading and doing) on skills we will need to have to live off the land. We are firm believers in DIY and hardwork – we optimistically look forward to the day we move to our homestead – White Sky Woods! A wonderful library of books and resources are another step for us in the right direction.Tim and Lisa Reitzhttp://www.whiteskywoods.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-66864473768543440492012-09-17T12:15:52.980-04:002012-09-17T12:15:52.980-04:00We are a homeschooling family that is working to h...We are a homeschooling family that is working to homestead on 10 acres of land. We provide the meat and milk from our efforts to our local community members. We bring as many families and youth from all walks of life out to our farm to share what we've learned and encourage them to start moving toward self-sustainable actiities in their own lives. We believe that regardless of where you live, you can do something to become more self-sustainable. <br /><br />Within the past year we've launched www.gofarmu.com to begin building out hands-on and virtual educational resources for families and military veterans. We work with Wounded Warriors (you can see our latest news at www.gofarmu.com)in order to help veterans be able to go home and provide for themselves instead of being forced to rely on the government for their livelyhood. We are just starting in this process and have no funding other than what we bring from our own labor. <br /><br />The resources you have listed will be a huge benefit to not only our family, but all of those that we are working to support through our local community and our online community. Thank-you for your generous provision and consideration. As you can tell from the entries- it means a lot to the community.Pamhttp://www.gofarmu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-89081654499199019822012-09-17T11:38:56.633-04:002012-09-17T11:38:56.633-04:00This is such a great opportunity! Thank you for t...This is such a great opportunity! Thank you for this giveaway. :)<br /><br />I know we would be able to use all of these things and start putting everything into practice with our urban homestead (in an apartment) until we can get our land someday. We are constantly trying to learn with the help of books, articles, our Community Garden and so forth. Thank you!<br /><br />zwiegs (dot) family (at) gmail (dot) comTiffany Zwiegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-55298192218866797702012-09-17T11:34:32.217-04:002012-09-17T11:34:32.217-04:00What a fabulous giveaway! I would love to win!
M...What a fabulous giveaway! I would love to win!<br /><br />My husband and I are working hard to earn enough money for land in Wyoming. As we save we are learning as many skills as possible that we can apply without our own land. These books would be a great assest to continue our learning and boost the confidence not only for us, but our children as well.<br /><br />Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway with Mother Earth News, this is fabulous!Joyness Sparkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401511701434819652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-61770440287996528732012-09-17T10:52:42.445-04:002012-09-17T10:52:42.445-04:00This is a little gold mine of information you are ...This is a little gold mine of information you are giving away! My husband and I are determined to "get back to our roots" no matter how crazy our family members think we are! We are fairly new to homesteading and are currently doing what we can on just under an acre. However, one day.... in the meantime we are raising goats and pigs but no chickens (Oh My!) while doing a bit of gardening as space allows. No fresh eggs you say? No fresh broilers? As much as we would LOVE to add, we must become good stewards of what we currently have undertaken. And I have to say... the Storey books alone would be a great resource towards that stewardship. Every time I go into TSC I browse through the Dairy Goat book and get a bit more info that I can use. But wait, you are throwing in a stink load of food preservation books and basically a mish-mash of homesteading goodies? Forget the slogan "Calgon take me away!" I'll stick with "Storey, you've made my days!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022399029430018088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-87356108800234327512012-09-17T10:42:45.051-04:002012-09-17T10:42:45.051-04:00Some people are having trouble posting a comment. ...Some people are having trouble posting a comment. I am just testing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-564330014726982382012-09-17T09:07:28.821-04:002012-09-17T09:07:28.821-04:00My husband and I are working towards our dream of ...My husband and I are working towards our dream of owning a micro-farm. This would help immensely!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807853006873177065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-58531942490564854282012-09-16T21:41:58.425-04:002012-09-16T21:41:58.425-04:00Oh my! The money saved through the acquisition of...Oh my! The money saved through the acquisition of these books would allow me to get that walk behind tractor! Or maybe get started on fixing up a nicer greenhouse for this homestead/small CSA goal of mine. I'm moving in big directions and saving pennies in all sorts of ways. Flowers to come this spring. Chickens are settled in. The garden is growing and the ground is getting prepped for the spring season. I picture myself settling into the upcoming winter days with these books - having a dinner table set and a book club going by the wood-stove fire. The books and the dinner could be a venue for educating community members on this goldmine of a lifestyle and/or building community amongst existing homesteaders/farmers. I'm a lover of books and all things farm. I'd be happy to have such companions on the shelf, ready to support this determined and delighted homesteading heart of mine. (And maybe I could finally start that blog...putting the book ideas to the test...)Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121354335807537577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-15903660688844018932012-09-16T21:34:45.444-04:002012-09-16T21:34:45.444-04:00Karen Doll - Great poem! It made me laugh out lou...Karen Doll - Great poem! It made me laugh out loud! Now I have visions in my head of you dancing through your garden with a glass of homemade wine in your hand! =)AlinaJoy Duboishttp://www.goodolddaysfarm.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-26402256914226243822012-09-16T21:29:57.339-04:002012-09-16T21:29:57.339-04:00How could a box of homesteading goodness help our ...How could a box of homesteading goodness help our family to build our dream homestead? Well, two years ago my software-engineer husband got laid off from his job. He had been spending a lot of time on the road and sometimes wouldn't see our children awake for days on end. He said to me, "You all live in the country, but I live in the city and I only sleep in the country." Children are only young once and he was missing so much! So, he left his career and converted our little 5 acre yard into a fruit and vegetable farm. To say I was SHOCKED would be an understatement, but after I adjusted to the idea, I decided to start blogging this software-engineer-turned-farmer-experience. It has taken us 2 years, but we have built up a little community of people who want to learn more about homesteading (both locally and online). Here's the thing: If you start a blog and begin selling a few vegetables, suddenly everyone thinks you're an expert! I get A LOT of questions and sometimes the questions are really hard to answer! (Recently someone emailed me wanting my expert opinion on albino grasshoppers!) I don't know a single thing about homesteading and 100% of what I've learned over the past two years has come directly from Google. Really, should a back-to-basics homesteader be this dependent on Google? So, if this box finds its way to our house, we will be using it to help our own little homestead achieve Google-freedom and also to help our farm customers and the people who email us. Thanks for a great Giveaway! AlinaJoy Duboishttp://www.goodolddaysfarm.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-50020577692296977332012-09-16T20:31:38.457-04:002012-09-16T20:31:38.457-04:00Dear Storey Publishing Folks,
H is for Homesteadin...Dear Storey Publishing Folks,<br />H is for Homesteading, Hip, Hip Hooray !<br />O is for Oh my !<br />M is for Mother Earth News...Magnificent !!!<br />E is for Extraordinary Eggs !<br />S is for Shapely Sheep ?<br />T is for Tilling, Timber, and TRACTORS !!<br />E is for Eureka, it's compost !!<br />A is for Applesauce, Apple-pie, Apple crisp, Apple butter, Apple cake, and apples galore !<br />D is for Delightful Dairy Goats !<br />I is for Indulging in a glass of homemade wine...Ooooo La La !<br />N is for Nature Nerds...Naturally !<br />G is for Gadzooks, we'll be happily homesteading if we win this AWESOME prize bundle !!!!!!!<br />Thank you for this amazing opportunity !<br />Karen DollAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687527977511418312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-64735585583279742232012-09-16T20:20:59.389-04:002012-09-16T20:20:59.389-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687527977511418312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-41293955601316653532012-09-16T13:30:47.434-04:002012-09-16T13:30:47.434-04:00This library would help my husband and I make our ...This library would help my husband and I make our Kentucky homesteading vision a reality, and help us teach others about resilience and self sufficiency. We purchased 16 acres last year and sold our downtown home. We now live in a rundown trailer while we are creating a garden large enough to feed ourselves and our friends, have started a chicken flock, and are working to reestablish native plants on the land. <br /><br />I am also an environmental educator at the Kentucky Environmental Education Council (the smallest government agency in our state), where I run a program that helps students and teachers at 260 schools implement sustainability projects that include gardens and other agricultural/community resilience focused projects. These books would help both my husband and I, but also the students and adults that I work with. I would use these materials as a resource library to inform our personal efforts, to help schools across the state start projects, and to offer professional development and workshops to adults in my community and across the state (I just got back from a conference where I presented about the importance of beekeeping to sustainability and local resilience). <br /><br />We are just getting started in our homesteading adventure, and these books would help us a great deal since we are literally "learning as we do", and we hope to use the knowledge and skills we gain to help others make positive changes in their lives! <br /><br />Thank you so much for this opportunity!Merinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052895947277912584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-16681766022274916732012-09-16T13:26:35.103-04:002012-09-16T13:26:35.103-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Merinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052895947277912584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-8977970094712484352012-09-16T11:47:58.640-04:002012-09-16T11:47:58.640-04:00I've been dabbling but with these books could ...I've been dabbling but with these books could really set up a plan for everything!stacydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439865160239535477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-58119654419316137782012-09-16T11:23:43.409-04:002012-09-16T11:23:43.409-04:00Hiya, I would love these items to resource and to ...Hiya, I would love these items to resource and to help organic"ize" my life. Two years ago I moved to Tulsa, OK from Maui, HI to help care for my 92 year old grammy. I gave away most of my extensive collection of books and have been trying to live a healthy lifestyle in a completely new place!!! I ended up finishing Nursing school while taking care of grammy and living in her old house (carpets are over 40 yrs old)!!! Slowly ripping out old carpets and so on, trying to maintain some of my previous lifestyle!!! I unfortunately got away from my gardening and self sufficiency. I had a beautiful little cabin in a community setting in the jungle with a garden, chickens and tons of yummy adventures. I have not been able to get a good garden going here nor do I have my chickens... just trying to survive in the concrete jungle!!! My Grandmother passed one month ago today. I am entering this contest for both she and I because she is my muse, if you will. She took care of her farm and family for years and I would like to do the same. I want to have my garden, chickens and grow delicious food and moreso TEACH others how to have this lifestyle as well!!! I am still in Oklahoma and will remain here. We have organic farm land and I would love to utilize the land for some progression into an organic, sustainable future!!! These amazing books would be perfect to help me roll my sleeves up and get back into a more natural lifestyle!!! Thank you for taking the time to read this~ Mahalo, Erin M.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715956896878278963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-5313952350235866432012-09-16T10:55:34.143-04:002012-09-16T10:55:34.143-04:00First, BIG thanks to everyone at Storey Publishing...First, BIG thanks to everyone at Storey Publishing for the job you do everyday. Without your ingenuity and imagination, people like my husband and I would trip all over ourselves in our attempts to learn and implement ideas such as Starting right with Bees and Growing Better Blackberries. <br />Currently, we are in the "planning" stages of designing a pole barn complete with loft apartment. Our hope is to have it habitable by next fall. Our dream of a profitable hobby farm is well on its way also. We will be building bee hives this winter and purchasing the bees next Spring (Can't wait!). Next year we will plant a small-scale test-run of blackberries, pumpkins and mums that we eventually hope to design as a large-scale "pick your own" complete with a pumpkin patch and orchard someday very soon. <br />This library would help us start out on the right foot with our dreams. My grandmother gifted me a copy of Country Wisdom and Know-How a while back. That specific publication has provided much needed instruction, helped to craft new dreams, and has ultimately offered me a good read on a rainy day. Please help us help ourselves as only you at Storey Publishing can.<br /><br />Much Thanks, <br /><br />Erica N. DavisErica N Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055795875787940107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-32322894797163878292012-09-16T10:14:11.900-04:002012-09-16T10:14:11.900-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Merinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052895947277912584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-4371515400495371012012-09-16T09:05:39.292-04:002012-09-16T09:05:39.292-04:00wow, what a gift to anyone this would be. Were I t...wow, what a gift to anyone this would be. Were I to be chosen as the recipient, these educational resources would enhance my life, my family's life and many within the community. I post regularly about making jams, jellies, pickles, salsa, keeping the chickens, growing organically, getting my niece's involved, etc. Time and time again people ask me if I would teach a class on canning, preserving, putting up. I've always been nervous because I am mostly self-taught, using the base knowledge my now deceased grandma imparted to me. <br /><br />I believe we are at a pivotal juncture in society where, with knowledge, people will want to be closer to their food source(s). I believe many people simply lack the confidence to do so. With this new knowledge I would be able to gain would also come the responsibility to share that. Therefore, I'd open my home on a regular basis so we could all learn to homestead, put up, keep, can and grow on a small basis in our backyards. <br /><br />Whether I'm "chosen" or not, thank you for this great opportunity for someone out there. I hope they truly receive it and dispense with it as the gift it truly is. <br /><br />Donald Taylor, Jr. The Contemplative Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057883129870805843noreply@blogger.com