Welcome to our LINKS page! Here are many links to resources on various topics of interest to Kinstone including megalithic places, spirituality, natural building, permaculture, prairie & savanna plantings and regional information about Wisconsin Natural Resources. There is much to be learned in all of these areas. Enjoy!

Megalithic Places

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Spirituality Resources

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Authors

Natural Building Resources

Websites

  • Build Naturally – website of Down To Earth Design by Sigi Koko, natural building designer/builder with cob, clay, and more

  • Cordwood Construction – website of Richard Flatau, cordwood expert, Merrill, WI

  • Cordwood Masonry – website of Rob Roy, cordwood expert, West Chazy, NY

  • Design Coalition – website of building team in Wisconsin specializing in Light Straw Clay construction

  • Whole Tree Construction – website of Roald Gundersen, specializing in building with whole trees

Books

  • Building Green, by Clarke Snell & Tim Callahan

  • Cordwood Construction Best Practices Revised & Updated 2017, by Richard Flatau

  • Cordwood and the Code: A Building Permit Guide + CD, by Richard Flatau

  • Cordwood Building Revised, 2nd Edition, by Rob Roy

  • The Hand-Sculpted House, by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, and Linda Smiley

  • The Natural Building Companion, by Jacob Deva Racusin and Ace McArleton

Permaculture Resources

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Free Articles / Books / Booklets / Writings

Magazines

Basic Permaculture Books

  • Earth users Guide to Permaculture, Rosemary Morrow

  • Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison

  • Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway

  • The One Straw Revolution, Masanobu Fukuoka

More Books (Permaculture Design, Plants, etc.)

  • Basics of Permaculture Design, Ross Mars, 1996

  • Design for Human Ecosystems, John Tillman Lyle, Island Press, 1999

  • Design for Sustainability, Janis Birkeland, Earthscan, 2005

  • Design with Nature, Ian McHarg, Natural History Press, 1969

  • Ecological Design, Sym Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan

  • Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People, Jackson and Svensson, Gaia Trust, 2002

  • Ferment and Human Nutrition, Bill Mollison, Tagari Publications, 1993

  • Field Guide to Appropriate Technology, Hazeltine and Bull, Academic Press, 2003

  • Green History of the World, Clive Ponting, Penguin Books, 1991

  • Holistic Resource Management, Alan Savory, Island Press, 1988

  • Integrated Forest Gardening, Wayne Weiseman, Daniel Halsey, Bryce Ruddock, 2014

  • Landscape Graphics, Grant Reid

  • Living Communities: a Permaculture Case Study at Sol y Sombre, Ben Haggard

  • Patterns in Nature, Peter Stevens

  • Permaculture Garden, Graham Bell

  • Permaculture One, Bill Mollison, Tagari Publications

  • Permaculture Two, Bill Mollison, Tagari Publications, 1979

  • Permaculture in a Nutshell, Patrick Whitefield

  • Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual, Bill Mollison, Tagari Publications, 1988

  • Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability, David Holmgren, Holmgren Design Services, 2002

  • Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer, Tony Bertanski, Prentice Hall, 2003

  • Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development, John Tillman Lyle, John Wiley and Sons, 1994

  • Small is Beautiful: Economics as if the Earth Really Mattered, EF Schumacher, Harper and Row, 1989

General Plants, Gardening & Farming Books

  • A Forestry Journey, Robert Hart and A.J. Douglas

  • Agriculture, Rudolf Steiner,  Biodynamic Agricultural Association, 1984

  • Agroecology, Miguel Altieri, Harper Collins, 1989

  • Book of Bamboo, Farrelly, Sierra Club Books, 1984

  • Botany for Gardeners, Brian Capon, Timber Press, 1990

  • Companion Planting, Richard Bird, Quarto Publishing, 1990

  • Creating a Forest Garden, Martin Crawford, Green Books, 2010

  • Culture and Horticulture, Wolf D Stohrl, Bio-Dynamic Literature, 1979

  • Edible Forest Gardens, Volumes I and II, Dave Jacke, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2005

  • Edible Wild Plants: Peterson Field Guide, L Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973

  • Farmers of Forty Centuries, FH King, Rodale Press, 1911

  • Farming in Nature’s Image, Soule and Piper, Island Press, 1992

  • Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, Toby Hemenway Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2001

  • Gardening for the Future of the Earth, Shapiro and Harrison, Bantam Books, 2000

  • How to Grow More Vegetables, John Jeavons, Ten Speed Press, 2002

  • Integrated Forest Gardening, Wayne Weiseman, Daniel Halsey, Bryce Ruddock, 2014

  • Nature and Property of Soil, Grady

  • New Organic Grower, Eliot Coleman, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1989

  • Orchard Almanac, Page and Smillie, Spraysaver Publications, 1986

  • Perennial Vegetables, Eric Toensmeier, Chelsea Green Publishers, 2007

  • Secrets of the Soil, Tompkins and Bird, Harper and Row Publishers, 1989

  • Seed to Seed, Susan Ashworth, Seed Saver Publications, 1991

  • Seeds of Change, Kenny Ausubel, Harper, 1994

  • The Edible Forest, Rober Hart and A.J. Douglas

  • The Once and Future Forest, Leslie Jones Sauer, Island Press, 1998

  • The Plant: Volumes I and II, Gerbert Grohman, Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, 1989

  • The Secret Life of Plants, Peter Tompkins & Christopher Bird, Harper, 1973

  • Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture, Russel-Smith, Harper, 1978

  • Trees and Shrubs: Peterson Field Guide, Petrides, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987

  • Weeds and What They Tell, Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, Rodale Press, 1954

  • Weeds in Winter, Lauren Brown, W.W. Norton and Company, 1976

  • Wildflowers: Peterson Field Guide, Peterson and McKenney, 1971

Prairie & Savanna Planting & Restoration

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Wisconsin: Resources for Natural Areas and Wildlife Refuges

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