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Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for anyone working with or raising kids, this book will teach readers how to involve children in dozens of homesteading projects. Learn how to: forage for wild foods, stock an herbal medicine cabinet, craft beeswax candles, make yogurt, grow veggies from table scraps, raise chickens, tie basic knots, and so much more!" --
Author
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
""To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted."-Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 The Appalachian region is deeply rooted in customs that have been handed down for generations. "Planting by the signs," a practice predicated on the belief that moon phases and astrological signs exert a powerful influence on the growth and well-being...
Author
Publisher
Betterway Home
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"This book contains an inspirational range of practical and inexpensive ways to become self-sufficient, whether in a backyard or larger area of land. Long-term and sustainable sufficiency is stressed, a way of life that will become natural to you and your family"--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The authors show you how to appreciate and celebrate the important things in your life-- food, shelter, livelihood, family, and community-- in order to reclaim and reconnect with the natural world, and to live a life more in harmony with the cycle of the seasons.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Time-honored practices for a more self-reliant and satisfying lifestyle...Ever have the urge to raise your own chickens, grind your own flour, or start your own compost pile? If any of these ideas sound appealing, this is the book for you. A growing number of people are intrigued by the 'homesteader' experience and the idea of doing things themselves, whether they own a big spread in the wilderness or live on a small plot of land in the suburbs....Presents...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This indispensable reference book is divided into three sections: food (from sourdough bread baking to pickling vegetables to fermenting kefir), herbalism (from growing an herbal garden to making skin and hair care products to foraging), and animal husbandry (from beekeeping to buying, raising, and owning chickens, cows, and pigs).
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Organized by month, here you'll find short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. Appropriate whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise.
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. THE WAY HOME is a modern-day Walden -- an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology....
13) Old-time country wisdom and lore for hearth and home: 1,000s of traditional skills for simple living
Author
Publisher
Voyageur
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Achieve your goal of a self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle, no matter where you live, with instruction on a range of basic home skills inspired by old time country living. As big box stores and foreign-made, disposable goods take over commerce, the drive to get back to the origins of what we consume and how we sustain ourselves is becoming ever more compelling. Whether you are a country dweller or an urbanite, or somewhere in between, you can respond...
14) The self-sufficient life and how to live it: the classic back to basics guide to going off the grid
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more. Our 2023 edition included 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section in which John Seymour, the father of the back to basics movement,...
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