Slow Living & Self-Reliance: 6 Books That Transformed My Life
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- In this video, I’m sharing the 6 books that truly transformed my life and helped me embrace slow living and self-sufficiency. These books have been essential in my journey towards living more sustainably, connecting with the land, and simplifying everyday life. From foraging to growing my own food, each one has inspired me to live in harmony with nature and become more self-reliant.
If you're looking to build a life rooted in simplicity, sustainability, and connection to the earth, these books are a must-read! Join me as I dive into what makes them so impactful and how they've shaped the way I live today.
Books Mentioned:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Thayer’s Field Guide to Foraging by Samuel Thayer
Radical Homemakers by Shannon Hayes
Making Home by Sharon Astyk
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Resilient Gardener by Carol Deppe
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Self reliance in combination with building community reliance like with how you trade with your neighbours is so important right now. We can't excel at everything so channeling our energy strategically in concert with our community is the happiest future ahead.
Community Sufficiency is the way!
I love the idea of rereading a book each year because you always gain perspective.
Thank you for the recommendation. Going to look for them on my next library trip. 😊
Love that your book suggestion list is totally different than I've usually seen (self help and economic top). Thank you for sharing!
I love watching your videos, you have such an easy peaceful way about you. I loved Animal Vegetable Miracle too, thank you for sharing your top 6 books. I love to read, always have and I love to hear other people's reviews so I can look for new books. I actually hope you share more of the books you read.
Thank you so much!
I don’t comment often anymore, but I still watch and love every one of your videos.
Thank you so much, I appreciate you!
Im slowly reading Braiding Sweetgrass. I love it.
I ordered Radical Homemaker on ebay just now. Thanks for your list! I can't wait to read them. Animal, vegetable, miracle... was my first introduction to books like that and it was such an awakening and i think i need to reread it.
I actually bought a second copy when I found it for $1 to pass it on.
Just picked up Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Radical Homemaking from my local library. Thanks for the recommendations!
Hope you enjoy it!
These are the two I ordered off eBay! Lol
Yes, Braiding Sweetgrass is so wonderful! And Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is worth reading every year!😍
Such good books the both of them!
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Awww I love many of these books also
Such good books! Glad others enjoy them as well!
Yasss braiding sweetgrass is so amazing
So so good.
@ I’m going to try to find the other in used osw bookstores but you know how Ontario s-w is lol
I definitely know haha, sometimes it can take some time!
Thank you! I have only read one of these and am very eager to get my hands on the others!
Hope you enjoy them!
Great video. I’ve read Radical Homemakers and Barbara Kingsolver’s book and Braided Sweetgrass sound like books I’ll enjoy. As an Australian I can recommend a few great Permaculture and sustainable living authors including Linda Woodrow (Permaculture Home Garden inspired me years ago) and Rhonda Hetzel. Another favourite is Jenny Allen’s Paradise in Your Garden. Matthew Evan’s is a Tasmanian farmer who has written some great books that I actually need to read. Some of his may appeal to those living in colder climates. I’m in a sub tropical climate but still really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for the recommendations, I love many Australian authors! One of my favourite books is RetroSuburbia!
@@FairlyRooted oh yes! I haven’t read it yet but I do follow retrosuburbia on socials. You may be also like Hannah Mooney and Milkwood’s books.
I love Hannah Mooney, and yes I know Milkwood!
Have been following you for a long time. First time commenting but really love your way of life and how you do things and who you are. Loved the Animal, Vegetable, Miracle too! And I'm planning to get a couple of the other books. Thank for sharing.
Thank you so very much I am new to all of this and I absolutely love that you shared the books that you have that you find the most information in I definitely will be checking out all these books and that will keep me through the winter here in New Hampshire in the United States it is snowy here and cold and we're getting a storm coming in Thursday stay safe you and your family you're such a blessing and so genuine to watch Thank you beyond words
Thank you so much for these recommendations! I am off to explore them as they all look amazing.
I hope you enjoy them!!
This is marvelous! Thank you for these recommendations - looking forward to adding a few to my list (some I already own - yay)!
Oh that is awesome! Hope you enjoy!
This is so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you. I wish the world valued self reliance more. Even 10-20% self reliance would change so much of society and politics. I always wanted to read Animal, Vegetable Miracle, and now I will. Prodigal Summer and Small Wonder were big for me.
*I just found out the library has it on audiobook, narrated by Barbara!
oh I need to go back to Braiding Sweetgrass, and I'll definitely check out the other books too
I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Your book recommendations have never failed... Thank you! The only one of these I've read, is Braiding Sweet grass and I love it! I just bought the " young adult " version for my teenage daughter... ( I'll probably read it too )
Good to know there is now a young adult version, I may have to get that for my kids! Thank you!
I just ordered two of these on Audible. Thank you for the recommendations,
Awesome! I hope you enjoy listening to them!
Great recommendations. I have braiding sweet grass in my to read pile. If you are interested in plants, I just finished The Light Eaters. It's all about the biology of plants. It changed the way that I view plants and the natural world. It's not often that I come across a book that does that.
Oh intersting! I will check it out!
I love Sam ! He’s such an inspiration, I have that book as well. Also I never thought about Ai writing foraging books. Ugh good to know now though!
Animal Vegetable Miracle was an inspiration for me as well. I've thought of it often since I read it in 2008.
It's been a repeat read for me since then, glad to know it inspired others as well!
Yeah! Thank you for sharing. I ❤ all your dog-ears in books.
Willing to share knowledge gained from your Amish neighbors? I would really enjoy a video like that. Thank you for all that you do!
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Thank you so much for making this video. I've been wanting to buy good books like this but I just didn't trust them. This is beyond helpful ❤
I have that same sixth sense with plants. I just see them and understand at some level.
It's interesting isn't it? I've met a few other people with it too. Maybe past life knowledge haha
I really enjoyed Farm City by Novella Carpenter. I also love Animal, Vegetable, Mineral! I actually scored Braiding Sweetgrass for free from a bookstore that was giving away books. I haven't read it yet though.
I have Farm City as well!
❤ Yes, I have Animal vegetable miracle.. I am going to put that on my night stand to read with my spouse. Thanks for your videos 😊❤🎉 I did read The Poison Wood Bible for a book club by her. I believe you have indigenous ancestry or are neurodivergent 😊I know I am both and it keeps me learning about the same things. 😊 Great Book List! Thank you! 😊
Gosh how do you know if it is a fake acting like a person or real? My gosh why is our world getting so scarey :( I actually ordered Babara's book right off the batt. Honestly I have followed a lot of everything for years and have learned a ton from you to, as you know I am sure, so I always love to just read and follow up and grow, even at 61...so if you love that book that much I know I have to read it :) I also dog ear etc., my books cookbooks included. I love finding a cookbook at any of my thrift etc., stores that they just left the tabls or bookmarks in the cookbooks with the person having loved a recipe. Usually those recipes are wonderful. I so enjoyed this. hugs
Hi!
I love this video!
I love books too!
And I love to Learn. All. The. Time!
I have the Sam Thayer books!
I ordered other 5 on eBay, and one on Amazon.
I can’t wait to read them!
I’ll probably start all 5 books at the same time!
I roll like that!
Thank you!
Thank you!
For making this video!
I love it!
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Thank you for these very much.
Sending love. 🫂💙🫂
This is very needed right now.
You are so welcome, thank you!
Do you listen to Shannon's podcast? I absolutely love it
I don't, didn't realize she had one! I'll definitely tune in now!
I'm on "Making Home" and have already ordered two of these recommendations off eBay 😂😂😂
Awesome!!
It's funny how in English you say "dog ear" in books. In Belgium in Dutch we say "monkey ears". I've put the Barbara Kingsolver book on my to read list.
That is so neat!! I love that!
Don’t know if you know about this person, but I think you’d LOVE Sajah Popham. Herbalist that made plants make sense to me like no one else ever has
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Hi Amber❤❤❤
Hi!!
Helllloooo Amber❤❤❤
Hello!! :D
*takes notes to go annoy local librarian with* 🤓
haha do it!! Sometimes they'll even order books in for you!
@FairlyRooted Indeed. In Québec, you fill the forms for in between libraries share... and wait. Maybe you'll get it in a few days, months.. or not at all 😂. Definitely worth trying though before buying 🙂
Oh I definitely know, I lived in Quebec my whole life until I was 24... Definitely at least worth trying to get them!
There is something about us Ukrainians that love our herbs. lol My mom is the same too. Amazon is so problematic. Thriftbooks is the main place (for me) to go. Braiding Sweetgrass is that one book I've been hearing about forever but never got around to reading. I need to check it out. Have you read anything by Stephen Harrod Buhner? There is a ton of discussion about the medicinal use of herbs. You may like it.
It’s so true! There’s something special about the connection to herbs, especially in Ukrainian traditions. I have a lot of herbal books, but I don’t have anything by Stephen Harrod Buhner yet, though I do have one of his books on my list to get one day! Thank you for the recommendation :)
Trusting AI is as bad as trusting opinionated "alternative news" sources.
Anything at an extreme isn't great, so agreed.
Is Radical Homemakers for only men and women or is it for all genders? I'm non-binary and the way you highlighted men and women made me question
Radical Homemakers is for everyone, regardless of gender. The book highlights how people of all genders can embrace the values of self-reliance, simplicity, and ecological living. The focus is on fostering communities and ways of living that support sustainability, and those ideas can be applied by anyone, regardless of gender identity. Thanks for pointing that out, and I hope it helps clarify!
Thank you for the recommendation. Going to look for them on my next library trip. 😊
Hi!
I love this video!
I love books too!
And I love to Learn. All. The. Time!
I have the Sam Thayer books!
I ordered other 5 on eBay, and one on Amazon.
I can’t wait to read them!
I’ll probably start all 5 books at the same time!
I roll like that!
Thank you!
Thank you!
For making this video!
I love it!
🤎🌻🤎🌻🤎🌻
That's awesome, I hope you enjoy them!!