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Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
This is the book for anyone who wants to become more self-reliant, from suburbanites with 1/4 of an acre to country homesteaders with several. The information is easily understood and readily applicable.
This is the book for anyone who wants to become more self-reliant, from suburbanites with 1/4 of an acre to country homesteaders with several. The information is easily understood and readily applicable. More than 150 of Storey's expert authors in gardening, building, animal raising, and homesteading share their specialized knowledge and experience in this ultimate guide to living a more independent, satisfying life.
Readers will find step-by-step, illustrated instructions for every aspect of country living including:
Finding and buying land
Buying, building, and renovating a home
Developing water sources and systems
Understanding wiring, plumbing, and heating
Using alternative heating and energy sources
Vegetable, flower, and herb gardening
Traditional cooking skills such as baking bread and making maple syrup
Preparing and preserving meat, fruits, and vegetables
Building and maintaining barns, sheds, and outbuildings
Caring for common farm and ranch animals, and pets
Author: John Storey, Martha Storey
Paperback:
576 pages
Company: Storey Publishing, LLC
(1999-09-01)
ISBN: 1580172024
List Price: $24.95
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The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers
Make the break, realise the dream and start living 'The Good Life!' Packed with comprehensive information on all the practicals, from ploughing fields to milking cows, as well as new information on how to create an urban organic garden and harness natural energy. This new and revised full-colour edition of the illustrated classic is an engrossing read and a wonderful handbook for realists and dreamers alike.
Author: John Seymour
Hardcover: 312 pages
Company: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (2003-04-03)
ISBN: 0751364428
List Price: $29.78
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Make the break, realise the dream and start living 'The Good Life!' Packed with comprehensive information on all the practicals, from ploughing fields to milking cows, as well as new information on how to create an urban organic garden and harness natural energy. This new and revised full-colour edition of the illustrated classic is an engrossing read and a wonderful handbook for realists and dreamers alike.Author: John Seymour
Hardcover: 312 pages
Company: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (2003-04-03)
ISBN: 0751364428
List Price: $29.78
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Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (Revised edition)
Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin, first published in 1981 and revised in 1993, is the sacred text for those wanting to liberate themselves from enslavement to a job and the pursuit of status symbols. Elgin's work emerges from a concern for the environmental consequences of our mass consumption lifestyles. His book exhorts us to save the planet and our souls by "living with balance in order to find a life of greater purpose."
Author: Duane Elgin
Paperback: 240 pages
Company: Quill (William Morrow) (1998-11-04) (1998-10-21)
ISBN: 0688121195
List Price: $12.95
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Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin, first published in 1981 and revised in 1993, is the sacred text for those wanting to liberate themselves from enslavement to a job and the pursuit of status symbols. Elgin's work emerges from a concern for the environmental consequences of our mass consumption lifestyles. His book exhorts us to save the planet and our souls by "living with balance in order to find a life of greater purpose."Author: Duane Elgin
Paperback: 240 pages
Company: Quill (William Morrow) (1998-11-04) (1998-10-21)
ISBN: 0688121195
List Price: $12.95
Amazon Price: $4.95
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Article published Friday, January, 2009 - Toledo Blade
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