Books and DVDs
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Natural Building Video | Mud, Hands, A House
$35.00
The best DVD on natural building available. Includes assessing and making mixes, many different wall systems, and all of the steps of building a building. Very hands-on and practical. View the trailer...
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The Book of Masonry Stoves - Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming
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This is an excellent book which takes you through many centuries of human investigation into wood-fired heating. Along the way, it offers a great amount of technical information about masonry heaters, the materials and techniques used as well as many wonderful anecdotes. The illustrations are also excellent. This is really one of our favorite books and is the best introduction for anyone seriously interested in learning more about masonry heaters.
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Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can Build (and Snuggle Up To)
$16.00
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Rocket Stoves and Mass Heaters enter into that special category of apparently odd inventions that will soon be commonplace. This is the definitive book on the principles behind them and how to build them. They are still by far the most affordable kind of mass heater that we have come upon.
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Build Your Own Earthen Oven (3rd Edition)
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A classic "gateway" book and project for natural builders as well as a very useful book for avid cooks, bakers and builders. Kiko covers the basics about building with earth, basic oven design and construction... and there's a great section on bread making too. You will be able to build your own affordable oven after reading this book.
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Capturing Heat Two
$8.00
"Fuel Efficient Cooking Stoves with Chimneys, A Pizza Oven, and Simple Water Heaters: How to Design and Build them." A good design source-book for simple folk-solutions to meeting every day needs. A good book for homesteaders, people working in development and fireplace enthusiasts.
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Seed to Seed
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The essential book about seed saving. Includes a basic introduction, techniques for seed saving and, most importantly, a very detailed and thorough description of all the major species and the specifics of saving their seed. Very important knowledge and experience is synthesized in this book.
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The Hand-Sculpted House
$30.00
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One of the classic texts of Natural Building. It is at the same time a book of philosophy about the why of ecology and a technical introduction to the age-old science of building, a doorway into understanding how to work with natural materials and a reference for important concepts such as passive solar and the design of small, efficient spaces.
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Deposit For Barrel Oven Hardware
from $100.00
Put down a deposit on the metal working components necessary to build your own barrel oven. Includes the barrel, an insulated door with custom hinges and two oven racks. The "kit" option includes a firebox door, ash grate and ash drawer which doubles as an air register. We proudly make all these parts from raw steel stock in our workshop. Please email or call to introduce yourself and your project before making your deposit.
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