I discovered The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing at a local discount book store, and now that I own it, I would happily pay full price for a new copy if I should ever lose or destroy this copy. This is not a recipe book, although it does contain some recipes. This is a troubleshooting guide, as […]
Category: Equipment and Book Reviews
Things we use or read to make DGW homestead work better.
Five Acres and Independence
Five Acres and Independence is a classic, no small homestead is complete without this handbook. However, it can be a challenge to read, as it was written back in the 40’s and republished several times. The small amount of mental work adjusting to the wording saves an untold amount of physical labor as well […]
Farnham’s Freehold
In the science fiction world, I am pretty partial to Robert Heinlein, as a matter of fact, I use several selected quotes of his on a routine basis. Therefore, since I am doing reviews of prepper books, to include prepper fiction I had to throw Farnham’s Freehold into the stack of books. As you see […]
Teaching Women to Shoot
Teaching Women to Shoot is a book I use in every firearm class I teach. Vicki Farnam’s husband is well known in the firearm world, but she is a great instructor in her own right. This book really opened my eyes as an instructor and taught me how to deal with the realities of training men […]
Sharpening the Warriors Edge
If you are a trainer, CCW holder, martial artist, cop, soldier, Marine, or otherwise involved in self defense – you need this book. Sharpening the Warriors Edge tells you how to program your mind for self-defense through proper training and practice. Bruce Siddle is well known in the firearm trainer field and this book is full […]